01 December, 2009

http://www.economist.com/world/middleeast-africa/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14984959

The intricacies of regional diplomacy and a strenuous American denial


LAST week The Economist ran an article entitled “A regional cockpit” describing how the influence of Iraq’s neighbours—Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and, to a lesser extent, Syria—was waxing as that of America waned. To illustrate the evolution of a new balance of power, we pointed to an alleged meeting between the commander of Iran’s infamous Quds Force, Qassem Suleimani, and the American commander in Iraq, General Raymond Odierno, along with the American ambassador, Christopher Hill. To Read the article Click: http://www.economist.com/world/middleeast-africa/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14984959

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