A former commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, which the FBI says played a role in a 1996 terrorist attack that killed 19 U.S. servicemen, accompanied Iraq’s prime minister to the White House on Monday, attending an event at which President Obama trumpeted the end of the Iraq War.
Hadi Farhan al-Amiri, transportation minister in Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s government, was part of the delegation that visited the White House to discuss Iraq’s future and Iran’s influence there, among other topics.
At a joint White House news conference with Mr. al-Maliki, Mr. Obama proclaimed that the U.S. is committed to being a major player in the region and that Iraq’s neighbors should take heed. He did not mention Iran by name.
Critics have accused Mr. al-Maliki, a Shiite, of acting at the behest of the Shiite government in Iran. But Mr. Obama told reporters that he believes the Iraqi prime minister when he says that “his interest is maintaining Iraqi sovereignty and preventing meddling by anybody inside of Iraq.”
“And he has shown himself to be willing to make very tough decisions in the interests of Iraqi nationalism, even if they cause problems with his neighbor,” the president said in a thinly veiled reference to Iran.
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Typical of the high class visitors to the Obama residence (temporary residence) (very, very temporary)
I think all the sane folks in America should chip in and go ahead and rent the moving van. Then we'll need to hire a ship to take them to Kenya. But that's OK..whatever it takes to get that piece of feces out of America we should all be willing to do. It would be a terrible tragedy if one of our Nuke subs mistook OJUDAS ship for an enemy vessel and sunk it. Then OJUDAS and OSAMA could be on the same level. The two most hated men in the world together forever.
He has a first hand look at the layout of the place. So when they come calling they know where to go. It said the guy is an ex member of the guard, but if so he would be on the irans list to be put out. I guess obama will hire him now.
Iran can't wait 'til the U.S. leaves Iraq .. then Ahmadinejad and al Maliki will become best buds. Birds of a feather. With the corruption in Afghanistan, after the U.S. has raped and robbed the Afghanis, Karzai will pair up with Pakistan and go against the U.S. This is what happens when a country is into EMPIRE BUILDING .. always the final step before their sudden decline on the world stage.