Iraq Announces Iran as Enemy
Iraq's new interim government have articulated their policies toward Iran and Israel, which were enemies during Saddam Hussein's term. While Iraqi Defense Minister Hazým Salan said that Iran was 'Iraq's first enemy', Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said that relations with Israel would not be normalized without other Arab countries.
Shalan claimed, in an article in the Washington Pos, that Iran, who had waged war against Iraq from 1980 to 1988, has interfered with his country in an attempt 'to kill democracy'. He blamed Iran for 'supporting terrorism and sending enemies to Iraq' and alleged that Iran wanted overtake Iraqi stations along the Iranian border. Many people who fought in Afghanistan were arrested in Iraq, Shalan said, and that these people, furthermore, 'admitted that they received help from Iranian security forces'. After noting that a Sudanese militant associated with Iranian intelligence was caught with poison, intended for Divaniyah city's drinking water, Shalan added, "We can also send death to Tehran's streets".
The Defense Minister accused Iran of aiding violent incidents in a statement he made to Essark Al Avsat newspaper, and added that Iraq was ready to respond to countries that supported the violence in Iraq.
Two Criteria for Israel
Prime Minister Allawi said that Iraq would not take the initiative to normalize relations with Israel without an Israeli gesture toward Arabian countries. Allawi denied the news that Israelis have moved into Iraq during the American occupation. Two issues will determine Iraqi relations with Israel, said Allawi: "The first is an international decision (to engage Israel), the second is a fair and detailed peace adopted by Palestinian and Arab leaders. Iyad Allawi noted that his country would not make a unilateral agreement with Israel without these two criteria."
The new Iraqi administration made a judicial arrangement for Jewish people's return to Iraq, just as they did for everyone else who fled during Saddam's regime. Prime Minister Allawi, in a statement issued to Zaman, said that they did not discriminate against Jewish people, yet no Jewish people have returned to the country so far. Kurdish leader Mesud Barzani, who is a part of the Iraqi administration, said about relations with Israel: "We cannot be more Arab than any other Arab."
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1- It wasn't us who waged war on them, their mad leader Saddam Hussein torn 1975 Algeria treaty in a TV show in 20th September of 1980 and ordered a massive attack on Iranian soil and killed Millions of Iranians and gassed thousands of Iranians in fronts during 1980s. I still remember those days.
2- If he has any problem with the regime in Tehran, he should threaten/address the regime not the INNOCENT people of Tehran.
3- He is a diplomat but he talked like an uneducated arab.
4- people of Iran have no role in killing Iraqis or events of Iraq. I don't understand why he wants to kill us here. May be he needs another bloody war to be happy and I am sure PERSIANS can not forget what Arabs have done to their land...