Iraqi Speaker Warns of Neighboring Countries Meddling After
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 9:15 amIraqi Speaker Warns of Neighboring Countries Meddling After U.S. Troops Leave- Fox News
BAGHDAD – The speaker of Iraq’s parliament on Monday accused neighboring nations of meddling in Iraqi affairs and signaled it will only get worse if the country is seen as vulnerable after U.S. troops leave at the end of the year.
Speaker Osama al-Nujaifi, a Sunni Muslim, did not name the Mideast nations and did not offer specifics. Iraq’s Sunnis long have worried about Iran’s burgeoning influence in Baghdad, where the Shiite-dominated government has built ties with Tehran since the 2003 fall of Saddam Hussein.
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BAGHDAD – The speaker of Iraq’s parliament on Monday accused neighboring nations of meddling in Iraqi affairs and signaled it will only get worse if the country is seen as vulnerable after U.S. troops leave at the end of the year.
Speaker Osama al-Nujaifi, a Sunni Muslim, did not name the Mideast nations and did not offer specifics. Iraq’s Sunnis long have worried about Iran’s burgeoning influence in Baghdad, where the Shiite-dominated government has built ties with Tehran since the 2003 fall of Saddam Hussein.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/10/24 ... z1biPRthKv