Monday, March 3, 2008

Iran calls on US to quit Iraq


The Iranian president, on a landmark visit to neighbouring Iraq, has called for US troops' withdrawal from the war-torn nation, saying that the country will "live in peace" without them.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made the call on Monday while signing seven pacts with Iraq in the areas of trade, industry and transport.
"Without the presence of the foreign troops the region will live in peace and brotherhood," said Ahmadinejad.

"We believe that the forces that travelled thousands of kilometres to reach here must leave the region, and must hand over responsibility to the people of the region."

He avoided directly naming the United States, which has 158,000 troops in Iraq.

US commanders have accused Iran of training and arming Shia fighters.

Iraqi government figures revealed at the weekend that for the first time in six months the Iraqi death toll from unrest rose in February. At least 23 people were killed in fresh attacks on Monday.
This is relevant because Ahmadinejad believes that if the United States troop leave Iran that we can all "live in peace".

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