[Marxism] US frets at Iran's 'strategic dominance'

["Paula" <Paula_cerni@xxxxxxx>]

"The Iranian ambassador to Iraq, Hassan Kazemi Qomi, was quite explicit in 
his May 28 meeting with US Ambassador Ryan Crocker that Iran wanted 
Washington to accept that Iraq is Iran's "back yard", according to a report 
on the Iranian Baztab news website in June.

"Iran's secret negotiating proposal to the Bush administration in May 2003 
included a similar demand for "respect for Iranian national interests in 
Iraq and religious links to Najaf/Karbala", referring to two holy Shi'ite 
cities in Iraq."

writes Gareth Porter at

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/II28Ak01.html 


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