I am fairly certain that this is NOT what the neo-conservatives had in mind when they drew up their master plans for the Middle East:
“It’s a new chapter in our relations with Iraq,” said Iranian Defence Minister Admiral Ali Shamkhani.
He was speaking at a joint news conference in Tehran with his Iraqi counterpart Saadoun al-Dulaimi.
Relations between the neighbours – who fought a bitter war from 1980 to 1988 – have improved greatly since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2003.
This is the first visit to Iran by an Iraqi military delegation since the war, in which a million people died, started.
The promise of co-operation comes despite repeated accusations by the US – which has about 140,000 troops in Iraq – that Iran has been undermining security there.
“No one can prevent us from reaching an agreement,” Mr Shamkhani said when asked about possible US opposition.
Fucking morons.
