US Wants To Stop Ahmadi-Nejad Visit.The expected visit of Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad to Iraq, in what will be the first ever by an Iranian president to the country, has split the Baghdad government. Ahmadi-Nejad's remark that Iran is ready to fill the vacuum after US troops withdraw from Iraq (see rim3-IraqMaliki-US-alMahdiSep3-07) has put the trip under the spotlight. US officials have notified PM Maliki about their reservations towards Ahmadi-Nejad's visit. Gulf News on Sept. 2 quoted sources in the Sunni Iraqi Islamic Party The Iraqi Islamic Party (Hizb al-Islami al-Airaqi) is a Sunni Arab Islamist political party in Iraq. The party is currently part of the government of Nouri al-Maliki. (IIP IIP Investors In People IIP International Information Programs (US State Department) IIP Index of Industrial Production IIP Iraqi Islamic Party IIP International Ice Patrol (US Coast Guard) ), led by VP Hashemi, as saying: "There is an American pressure on...Maliki not to come close to Iran and thus it is unwise for the Iraqi Prime Minister to apologise v. 1. same as apologize. Verb 1. apologise - defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success" to Ahmadi-Nejad". Gulf News quoted Ahmad al-Khafaji, a member of Maliki's Da'wa party, as saying: "[Some inside the government seek postponement] of Ahmadi-Nejad's visit to Baghdad. Yet information reveals contacts continued between the two countries to fix a date for the Iranian president's visit to Iraq..." Sattar al-Khalidi, a researcher in Iranian affairs, told Gulf News: "Maliki's recent visit to Iran was supposed to touch upon all matters concerning the two countries but there is an urgent Iranian desire for Ahmadi-Nejad's visit to Baghdad and I think they seek to provoke pro·voke tr.v. pro·voked, pro·vok·ing, pro·vokes 1. To incite to anger or resentment. 2. To stir to action or feeling. 3. To give rise to; evoke: provoke laughter. Americans out of it. As for some elements in [the] Iraqi government, they believe that Ahmadi-Nejad's visit is a moral achievement of...Maliki's government apart from being an irritation irritation /ir·ri·ta·tion/ (ir?i-ta´shun) 1. the act of stimulating. 2. a state of overexcitation and undue sensitivity.ir´ritative ir·ri·ta·tion n. 1. to the Americans". A Baghdad newspaper close to the opposition said: "The Iranian president's visit...will not come up with benefits for Iraq...when [the Aug. 28] Karbala' events (with 52 killed and over 300 wounded) showed that Iran did not take measures to stop [Shi'ite] militia militia (məlĭsh`ə), military organization composed of citizens enrolled and trained for service in times of national emergency. Its ranks may be filled either by enlistment or conscription. activities which led to an armed rebellion against...[the] Maliki government". Abu Haidar al-Musawi, leader of the Badr Organisation of the Shi'ite Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council (SIIC SIIC Sociedad Iberoamericana de Información Científica SIIC Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (Iraq) SIIC Sociétés d'Investissements Immobiliers Cotées (Les Echos, French paper) SIIC See If I Care ) led by Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim, thinks the opposite. He told Gulf News: "President Ahmadi-Nejad's visit demonstrates that Iraq and Iran are independent... It is possible to ask Iran to play a positive role to support Iraq's security situation. As for irritating Americans, it is a reality happening with or without Ahmadi-Nejad's visit". |
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