Iraq Urges US to Engage With Iran

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Source: Associated Press

The Iraqi government on Sunday said the U.S. needed to take bolder steps to interact directly with Iran in order to improve security across the Middle East.

Iraqi National Security Adviser Mouwaffak al-Rubaie warned Washington that a strategy of aligning its Sunni Gulf allies against Iran would only further exacerbate tensions in the region.

``The United States, until they seriously engage with Iran ... the long-term regional security will be in doubt,'' al-Rubaie said on the final day of a regional security summit in the Bahraini capital Manama.


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Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi, a Sunni, agreed with al-Rubaie's assessment and said continued U.S. moves to isolate Iran over its nuclear program ``would make life more difficult for the Iraqis.''




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1. Oh my, that's what one of the Dem candidates......

.... has been saying... I can't remember which one.......