Iraq won't be used to threaten neighbors: Maliki

[Joanne98]

Source: Reuters

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iraq's prime minister, who started a visit to Iran on Saturday, told Iranian state television his government would not allow Iraq to be used as a base to threaten its neighbors.

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told Iran's Arabic news channel on Friday that Iraq "will not let Iraq be a launching ground to threaten any country," Al-Alam said on its website.

U.S. forces in Iraq came under Iraqi mandate on January 1, a move Maliki said restored sovereignty nearly six years after the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.

Iran is embroiled in a row over its nuclear plans with the United States, which has refused to rule out military action if diplomacy fails to end the dispute. Washington and its allies accuse Iran of seeking nuclear weapons, which Tehran denies.



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[ohio2007]

1. Elections scheduled later this month will give a better indication

of what Iraqi's have on their minds;

http://carnegieendowment.org/arb/?fa=show&article=22480