Al-Maliki: Iraq won't be battleground for U.S., Iran

[Raydawg1234]

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraq's prime minister said Wednesday he's sure Iran is behind some attacks on U.S. forces in Iraq and he won't allow his country to be a battleground for the two nations.

"We have told the Iranians and the Americans, 'We know that you have a problem with each other, but we are asking you, please solve your problems outside Iraq,' " Nuri al-Maliki told CNN.

"We will not accept Iran to use Iraq to attack the American forces," al-Maliki said Wednesday in an exclusive interview with CNN. (Read more of al-Maliki interview)

"We don't want the American forces to take Iraq as a field to attack Iran or Syria," he added.

Asked about the role of Iran in Iraq, al-Maliki said he was confident that Iranian influence was behind attacks on U.S. forces. "It exists, and I assure you it exists," he said.

Iranian-U.S. tensions have been ratcheted up recently, with two U.S. officials theorizing about the possibility that Iran was involved in a January 20 attack that killed five U.S. soldiers.
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http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/31/iraq.main/index.html

[SayWhatYo]

1. Isn't it already?

Maybe not a full fledge war against Iran, obviously... but haven't we turned Iraq into a battlefield to fight all the enemies of the US, including Iran?

[FightingIrish]

2. That's why we have 3 carrier task groups and

a navy admiral CENTCOM commander headed into the fray.

[classysassy]

3. The puppet speaks

Shutup or shrub will put a noose around your neck.

[Nite Owl]

4. He's just recognizing the plan?

Maybe he had better tell us to leave and take our bases with us.

[Lilith Velkor]

5. No dear, it will be for Iran and Saudi

...as it kind of has been all along.

[rodeodance]

6. where you been Mr. Milaki??????it ALREADY IS

[mogthemonk]

7. As if anyone's going to take any notice

of someone who controls an area smaller than the Vatican!