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US to reach out to Iran in effort to subdue unrest in Iraq (US to ask Iran to help fight insurgents)
AFP ^ | Nov 27 2005
WASHINGTON (AFP) - President George W. Bush has asked US Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad to reach out to Iran for assistance in subduing the unrest in Iraq -- the first high-level US contact with Tehran in decades, according to a US news magazine.
"I've been authorized by the president to engage the Iranians," Khalilzad told Newsweek magazine in its edition set to hit newsstands on Monday.
"There will be meetings, and that's also a departure and an adjustment," he said in an interview with the magazine.
ABC television confirmed the proposed US approach to Iran on its "This Week" program Sunday, reporting that Khalilzad was to make direct contact with the Iranian government about the ongoing insurgency in Iraq.
The contact would be the first high-level communication at the senior level between Washington and Tehran since relations ruptured in 1979.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051127...n_051127212430 |
I say: this is UNDAMBELIEVABLE!
This is a risky venture as it will confuse the Iranian people seeking international support & pressure for real democracy in Iran. The people of Iran have an ongoing fear the US (west) will at some point cut a deal with the Iranian mullahs that will leave the Islamic Republic government in power. This will deepen and heighten that fear.
November 28th, 2005
