Iran: We Will Attend Iraq Conference

Security Meeting Will Be Tehran's First Official Sit-Down With U.S. Envoys Since 2004

(CBS/AP)  Iran will attend the international conference on Iraq that will be held in Baghdad on Saturday, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Wednesday.

A deputy foreign minister will lead the Iranian delegation to the conference of Iraq's neighbors and the Big Five of the U.N. Security Council. The meeting will be the first public encounter between U.S. and Iranian envoys since late 2004.

"We hope the conference will result in sending a clear message that the countries of the region are standing alongside the government and nation of Iraq," Mottaki told a news conference.

Mottaki said the chief Iranian delegate would be the deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs, Abbas Araghchi.

On Monday, Mottaki said his government was finalizing its decision on whether to attend the conference. He indicated that Iran was in favor of participating but it did have reservations.

"With the aim of helping the government and people of Iraq, an Iranian delegation will attend the Baghdad conference," Mottaki said Wednesday in the first unequivocal commitment to the event.

The Iraqi government invited countries to the conference last week. The United States quickly said it would attend, making a diplomatic shift after months of refusing to talk to Iran about calming the conflict in Iraq.

Mottaki said Monday that his government had "some concerns" about the conference. He did not spell these out, but it is thought Iran fears that both the U.S. and Iraqi delegations might accuse Iran of supporting Shiite armed groups in Iraq.

The United States has recently hardened its line on Iran, both diplomatically and militarily.

President George W. Bush has stepped up accusations that Iran is backing Shiite militants in Iraq. The U.S. military has detained a number of Iranians in Iraq and strengthened its naval presence in the Gulf.

Washington is also leading a push for stronger sanctions against Iran over its defiance of U.N. Security Council demands that it stop enriching uranium, a process that provides material for nuclear reactors or atomic warheads.

The last time U.S. and Iranian envoys met in public was in late 2004 at a meeting of 20 nations in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheik to discuss Iraq's future. Then-Secretary of State Colin Powell and his Iranian counterpart, Kamal Kharrazi, did not hold formal talks, but Egypt sat the two officials next to one another at a dinner. Powell said the two mostly had "polite dinner conversation."

[karlimhof]

Bush War, chapter ***:

1- real negotiations ? or

2- neocon pulpit for continued agression

[wolf563]

IRAN is sending someone that is not in thier NUCLEAR info circle and expendable .They will set up a bombing and point thier finger at others to say."See we are not doing this" IF IRAN does attend , they will not leave IRAQ with out info on the U.S. Army actions in the region to update thier fight in this war of the sects .DO NOT TRUST IRAN TO BE HONEST!!!!!!!!

[karlimhof]

by seymour hersh, www.newyorker.com ;

US Vice President *** Cheney. Now, instead of launching a war against Iran, Cheney with Bush%u2019s complicity, has pulled the trigger on a covert war of global proportions pitting Sunnis against Shias.

According to Hersh, Cheney%u2019s covert plan involves massive US financial backing for militant Sunni groups that are known to be inimical to the Shia militias of the Badr Brigades, the Mahdi Army, Hamas and Hezbollah all of whom support the revolutionary government of Iran. The US-backed Sunnis include the Muslim Brotherhood, a vast and powerful multinational organization, who are definitely on friendly terms with Al-Qaeda and its allies, including the Taliban. The government of Saudi Arabia is Sunni, although they are deeply despised by the Muslim Brotherhood, the Taliban and Al-Qaeda because of their subservience to their masters in big oil and George Bush%u2019s America.

The Israeli right and a rogue faction of the royal family of Saud who are loyal to Prince Bandar bin Sultan are backing Cheney%u2019s covert plan. The ultimate objective of Cheney%u2019s redirection of US strategy in the region is to redraw the national boundaries of the Middle East and to give an explosive multiple birth to a sprawling litter of new cantons, colonies, domains, enclaves, protectorates, statelets and territories all pledged to American and Israeli dominance of the region and its precious oil, gas and energy reserves.

[musty2u]

U.S. go to the table and flat out B*itch slap em. Our way; or, no way. We have the tools to vaporize these middle eastern scum. For far too long they have been a hinderance to our well being. It is time.

[radiob-2009]

Missing Iranian spy chief 'defected to West'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/03/07/wiran07.xml

[dallison7]

U.S. go to the table and flat out B*itch slap em. Our way; or, no way. We have the tools to vaporize these middle eastern scum. For far too long they have been a hinderance to our well being. It is time.
Posted by Musty2U



Let me guess.

You're a member of the 'RELIGIOUS RIGHT', correct?

[scott4261]

Good.

Ahmadinejad really has very little power after the last elections in Iran. And in case you righties don't know: the majority of Iran's population is under 35 and very westernized. To start a war with Iran would be a colossal mistake.

Remember that diplomacy was practiced by every modern era president before this one. We'd better be praying to God that this works.

[golfkt]

Dallyson;
I told you this was going to happen....there will be a thaw in the near future....There is no way we will go to war with them...two carrier battle groups don't mind war....that's just a reminder of our assets....as i said previously.........be concerned when 4 or more battle groups are there...if it gets to six...it's coming....but no other assets have been moved...so no real plans in the offing....generally in most administrations..diplomacy takes over...in the second four years...

there will be a thaw....so two out of the three axis of evil countries will be addresed via diplomacy

[radiob-2009]

U.S. go to the table and flat out B*itch slap em. Our way; or, no way. We have the tools to vaporize these middle eastern scum. For far too long they have been a hinderance to our well being. It is time.
Posted by Musty2U



Let me guess.

You're a member of the 'RELIGIOUS RIGHT', correct?
Posted by dallison7


There is nothing religious in the statement, just pure idiocy.

[crater7]

WOW! THINGS MUST BE GETTING BETTER IN IRAQ? A SECURITY CONFERENCE, WITH MULTI NATIONS IN BAGHDAD. WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT? I DID NOT KNOW THAT THE GREEN ZONE WAS THAT BIG. I HOPE THEY LEAVE THEIR BLACK SUV'S AT HOME. I THINK THAT BUSH, AND ***( SORRY CBS,I FORGOT THE NAME ***, IS NOT ALLOWED) CHENEY SHOULD BE THERE TWO.

[clestes-2009]

No matter what else is said, 2 or more countries sitting down talking to each other is way better for their citizens than those same countries blowing each other up.

[kaili3]

I hope these countries can get behind us and make Iran stop being so difficult.
I am a republican but i just want things to get better,hopefully they will.

[kaili3]

And Dallison,people are allowed to be "religous
right". This is America and people can be whatever they like.
Just because you do not like the "right" does not
mean we can not be that way. thank you.

[crater7]

THE WEBSTERS DICTIONARY, DEFINES THE TERM, NAME,***, AS MEANING NICK NAME FOR RICHARD, ALSO FOR THE NICK NAME OF DETECTIVE. I AM STILL CONFUSED WHY CBS WOULD FIND IT NECESSARY TO CENSOR THIS NAME? THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE NAME ***. LETS SEE THERE ARE: *** CLARK, *** TRACEY, *** BUCKUS, MOBY ***, I EVEN HAVE SOME FAMILY MEMBERS NAMED ***.
IF THIS NAME *** IS NOT ALLOWED, WE SHOULD START A PETITION TO FORCE ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, THAT USE THE NAME ***, TO CHANGE THEIR NAME. STARTING WITH OUR CURRENT VICE PRESIDENT, *** CHENEY. AND TO PREVENT A DOUBLE STANDARD, CBS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO USE THE NAME *** CHENEY ON THEIR WEB SITE. WHEN CBS CENSORS THE NEWS HEADLINES FOR USING THE NAME ***, I WILL REFRAIN FROM THE USE OF THIS WORD ALSO.

[beehive21-2009]

Iran may have noticed the red dot between the eyes ?

[zootallures2]

A conference? Killing a hundred people a day is wrong. What is there to discuss? How would our great world leaders like it if the old buzzards had a heart attack and the ambulance drivers and doctors said "Sorry, we can't help you until we have a study group, about 1,000 UN meetings, and a conference first."

[houchin21]

I just hope that the US and Iran can get along and resolve this mater without going to war. THATS THE LAST THING WE NEED

[musty2u]

Scotty, not a war; just total annihlation would satisfy me. I do not like them. I will not like them. Begone with them. Were it my choice, I would pepper dot the whole damned region with several W70-3 warheads.

'nuff said.

[diplomacy3]

I hope the participation in Baghadad meeting of Iran, US & Syria & others would be a stepping stone in bringing peace to Iraq. The process should continue even if there are differences among the participants. Agreeing to talk of the trio(US,Iraq & Iraq) by itself is a great move towards peace in the region.

[houchin21]

how could you say that. How would you fell if you were in there position

[musty2u]

Dead.

[houchin21]

you must not go to church then

[karlimhof]

by seymour hersh, www.newyorker.com ;

US Vice President *** Cheney. Now, instead of launching a war against Iran, Cheney with Bush%u2019s complicity, has pulled the trigger on a covert war of global proportions pitting Sunnis against Shias.

According to Hersh, Cheney%u2019s covert plan involves massive US financial backing for militant Sunni groups that are known to be inimical to the Shia militias of the Badr Brigades, the Mahdi Army, Hamas and Hezbollah all of whom support the revolutionary government of Iran. The US-backed Sunnis include the Muslim Brotherhood, a vast and powerful multinational organization, who are definitely on friendly terms with Al-Qaeda and its allies, including the Taliban. The government of Saudi Arabia is Sunni, although they are deeply despised by the Muslim Brotherhood, the Taliban and Al-Qaeda because of their subservience to their masters in big oil and George Bush%u2019s America.

The Israeli right and a rogue faction of the royal family of Saud who are loyal to Prince Bandar bin Sultan are backing Cheney%u2019s covert plan. The ultimate objective of Cheney%u2019s redirection of US strategy in the region is to redraw the national boundaries of the Middle East and to give an explosive multiple birth to a sprawling litter of new cantons, colonies, domains, enclaves, protectorates, statelets and territories all pledged to American and Israeli dominance of the region and its precious oil, gas and energy reserves.

[randalds]

Agreeing to talk of the trio(US,Iraq & Iraq) by itself is a great move towards peace in the region.
Posted by diplomacy3 at 11:04 AM : Mar 07, 2007

Absolutely. There can be no hope of peace in that region without the participation of all parties concerned and if Bushy likes it or not Iran is most definitely a concerned party. Esp since our fearless leader keeps rattling his empty saber scabbard at them. Bush needs to shut the f*uck up about threatening Iran and sit his as*s down and talk to them.

[diplomacy3]

Once we conceded that "we are not winning in Iraq", talking to Iran would not belittle our status. Ofcourse, it puts us on the right path to a negotiating table. We could have initiated it a long time ago. What we are going to discuss needs to be weighed diplomatically. We should avoid accusations in the first instance. I hope these talks could pave the way for a high level ministerial meeting of US-Iran-Syria.

[dcamp2909]

The "government" that has been installed in Iraq is a farce! The people installed mercinaries and "carpet baggers" (look it up). Their selection is based on their acceptance of George Bush and *** Cheney as all powerful. The "government" has NO mandate from the Iragi people and will suffer the same fate as other puppet regimes.

[j-whitman]

Sad Day at home,,,
, America's legendary crime fighter is dead.... Steve Rogers fought crime & Nazi's in America since 1941 ---- He was Captain America,,, our greatest hope,,,, thanks alot Marvel Comic - I'll bet he could have cleaned up on this administration.

[lars008-2009]

fascist nazi islamic muslims global jihad....

Islamic worldview and the reason why it becomes a calamity in the 21st century

The Islamic world view of converting the entire human species to Islam at the pain of death is not something novel. It has existed for 1400 years since this cult of death and destruction was founded by Mohammed-ibn-abdallah, the nefarious bandit and murderer in the 7th century in Mecca. What makes this world view a calamity is the fact that Muslim have started acquiring WMD capability off late. While all these centuries, they could carry on with their murder and mayhem only with swords from the 7th century up to the 16th century. So they could be defeated by those who could wield swords better and more so by those who in addition to this managed to recognize the mortal threat to all non-Islamic civilizations that Muslims represented. There have not been very many on this planet who could see through the murderous message of the Quran, that the Muslims robotically believe is the message from some god, to be divinely followed by placing their swords on the necks of all their defeated victims and giving them the choice Islam or death.
http://www.historyofjihad.org/globaljihad.html
http://www.historyofjihad.com/sitemap.html

[clestes-2009]

For all those bloodthirsty arm chair soldiers that yearn for conflict with Iran, take a good look at Iraq.

Millions of displaced citizens,

an economy that could be productive lies in ruins,

an endless drain on US resources in both men and money

a high tense diplomatic standoff that easily slip into larger regional conflict.

And if that happen, if the conflict in Iraq spread to Iran and then to Syria, what do you all think would be result?

Imagine Iraq 100 times worse. If any one of you think that is good for the US or Israel or any other country, guess again.

There is a reason that this meeting is taking place. It is because FINALLY reason is occuring in the Whitehouse. Rice is convinced that war with Iran is not a good idea and she bypassed Cheney to get to her good pal Dubya to talk some sense to him.

Be thankful.

[lars008-2009]

better over there than over here.....

What Thomas Jefferson learned from the Muslim book of jihad

Thomas Jefferson knew about fascist nazi islam..... he killed plenty of them....

In 1786 Jefferson and John Adams went to negotiate with Tripoli's envoy to London, Ambassador Sidi Haji Abdrahaman or (Sidi Haji Abdul Rahman Adja). They asked him by what right he extorted money and took slaves. Jefferson reported to Secretary of State John Jay, and to the Congress:

The ambassador answered us that [the right] was founded on the Laws of the Prophet (Mohammed), that it was written in their Koran, that all nations who should not have answered their authority were sinners, that it was their right and duty to make war upon them wherever they could be found, and to make slaves of all they could take as prisoners, and that every Mussulman who should be slain in battle was sure to go to heaven.[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Barbary_War
http://www.usvetdsp.com/jan07/jeff_quran.htm
http://www.khouse.org/articles/2007/691/
http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/2002_winter_spring/terrorism.htm
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=+Thomas Jefferson barbary
http://http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q= Thomas Jefferson islam
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q= Thomas Jefferson muslim

[j-whitman]

Lars,,,, Stop spinning Thomas Jefferson, his people actually supported Muslim rights, while your bigots where preaching hate against them --
- In fact, it was Jefferson's more bigotted opponents in the Virginia legislature who brought up the specter of Muslims and atheists being elected to it in the world Jefferson was trying to create. He was undeterred by such considerations, which should tell us something.

Enlightenment Americans knew about Islam and just did not care to divide up human beings by religion. George Washington asked in a March 24, 1784, letter to his aide Tench Tilghman that some craftsmen be hired for him: "If they are good workmen, they may be of Assia, [sic] Africa, or Europe. They may be Mahometans, [Muslims] Jews, or Christian of any Sect - or they may be Atheists ..."
John Locke had already advocated civil rights for non-Christians in his Letter on Toleration:

[j-whitman]

Lars,,, You are completly nuts

[briankaess]

Even though I'm a Democrat, I support the President's plan to invade Iran. I support the U.S. allowing Isreal the use of an air-corridor to strike Iran. Iran is becoming too dangerous. The Bush doctrine gives us the theory we need to go along with regime-change. We should rally behind the President Bush because nuclear proliferation must be stopped. The Iranians are no friends of ours. Why should we be so pacifist in the face of mounting aggression from Islam? It's time to get pay-back for '79!

[briankaess]

Even though I`m a Democrat, I support the President`s plan to invade Iran. I support the U.S. allowing Isreal the use of an air-corridor to strike Iran. Iran is becoming too dangerous. The Bush doctrine gives us the theory we need to go along with regime-change. We should rally behind President Bush because nuclear proliferation must be stopped. The Iranians are no friends of ours. Why should we be passive in the face of mounting aggression from Islam? It's time to get pay-back for '79!

[j-whitman]

Brian,,,,, What ?? Support Bush?? LOL -- His invading Iraq gave the country to Iran, lock stock & barrel -- Iran wants a stable Iraq & they are actually supporting Bush's security plan.. Iraq governmet wants an Iran influence & not Sunni Arab..... What's Bush doing ???? Fighting for the Sunni (UAE) control..
. 9/11 & USS Cole attack where by Sunni's most from the UAE -- Sunni's cause 96% of our casualties.

[perception5]

What would be nice?????? If Iran goes there and says "we are ready for peace in the Middle East"..... Iran finanically supports Syria, Hammas, some agents in Iraq, and the opposition in Lebanon. It's taking a hard toll on the Iranian economy. The government there is about to increase the cost of fuel which won't make the Iranian people any happier... We need to continue our current approach with our allies in Europe, Russia, and China.
We need to step up the "economic" squeeze to get the Irians to stop exporting terror that they have been engaged in since 1979.
We need to then have a "comprehensive" solution to peace in the Middle East...... and if successful ....America should clear out of the area..... the Arabs are very passionate about one thing........ and that's being "Arabs".

[musty2u]

Talk, talk, talk. It will go nowhere. Blood in the sand is the only answer.

[j-whitman]

Musty,,,,, Bush has failed our nation in Iraq - The War is lost ----- 'W' was WRONG on all of it.

[randalds]

RandalDS you cannot just sit down and talk to them they lie to your face. It's not a matter of talking to them, They will not be happy until the fall of Western Society to talk to them is a waste of time. These muslim nations need to be exterminated like a colony of roaches. The best way to do this is let them kill each other. Let's see how they like it when and if they establish nukes we give them to Isreal. Let Isreal take them out before they are blown up.
Posted by superchez1 at 01:32 PM : Mar 07, 2007

First of all, thanks to Bush, our army is stretched so thin that talking is the only option we have unless we resort to nukes, which would mean the unprecedented slaughter of millions of innocent people. Besides the main result of it would be the banding together of the entire world (minus Israel) against us and believe it or not and like it or not the US can NOT stand alone. Secondly Israel already has nuclear weapons. They were given to them by the US and the British. They are the real threat to peace in the Middle-East.

Oh and saying Muslims want to get rid of the western world is ridiculous and has no basis in truth or facts whatsoever. None.

[randalds]

RandalDS you cannot just sit down and talk to them they lie to your face.

Posted by superchez1 at 01:32 PM : Mar 07, 2007

Oh and as for lying to our face, what do you think our gutless wonder of a leader has been doing to us for the last 6 years? Like him or hate him I'll take the Iranian presidents word over Bush's. So far he's not been proven to be any more of a lair then Bush, Cheney, etc. He'll probably lie to us, but we already KNOW Bush is.

[randalds]

RandalDS you cannot just sit down and talk to them they lie to your face.

Posted by superchez1 at 01:32 PM : Mar 07, 2007

Oh and as for lying to our face, what do you think our gutless wonder of a leader has been doing to us for the last 6 years? Like him or hate him I'll take the Iranian presidents word over Bush's. So far he's not been proven to be any more of a lair then Bush, Cheney, etc. He'll probably lie to us, but we already KNOW Bush is.

[j-whitman]

Musty,,,
- What country do you want Bush to invade next ?? --- How many years will it take us to build back up our military to do it ?? -- How will it be paid for with no taxes ??? ---
-- How about our Military Hospitals & VA ?? Do you think they will be fixed in time to handle the overflow ?????

[musty2u]

Venezuela. Our infrastructure will pop when necessary. Just a tad $ infusion. Have your broker stand by for some heavy trades.

[mcvet]

Iran has twisted this pathetic losers some call a President around to the point that they are truly in the drivers seat. Bush pounded his chest and refused to even concider meeting with then when the attacks on this nation happened. Now they hold the key to ending the War he started. He now agrees to meet with them but he's not in a very strong position and they'll certainly rub his nose in it awhile. One thing is certain with Bush as Commander in Chief, we can't win with the Military so this is the ONLY way out.

[musty2u]

Easy does it; maybe King Hillary or her ilk can fix things.

[j-whitman]

Musty,,
Maybe Hillary could fix it, who knows ??? --- She certainly would not go all neurotic & attack the wrong dam country as Bush did though, would she ??

[j-whitman]

Musty,,,,, Humpty Dumpty & all the kings men couldn't put this back together again.

[diplomacy3]

MCVet

In fact we picked on Iran & Syria only when we realized that the war in Iraq had been getting difficult. We never mentioned Iran & Syria when we were going to invade Iraq. It was Saddam, Bin Laden and WMD. Now we thought the only way to get out of the quagmire lies in calling the neighbors meeting on Iraq. Both Iran & Syria are proceeding with caution. Iran may find an excuse to exclude itself at some stage.

[notblue]

More pro Iranian anti-American crapp here at left wing central. It is nothing new to here people bloviate how Bush is bad and Iran is the lesser of the two evils, sad sad sad. As far as our military goes you people need to do a little more research. The American Military is the best in the world and has over 4 million active members, the stretched too thing crapp is another ploy of the left to make us look weak. Weak is not the case when it comes to the U.S. military. Technologically we have no equals, one of our subs lone could win a war if it not for our great compassion and efforts to prevent the killing of innocent civillians unlike the barbaristic tactics our enemies use as in the purposeful targeting of innocent civilians, the use of human shields, fighting from mosks and hospitals, the list of attrocities goes on and on. The fact is radical Islam would destroy Americans with any means they could if given the chance, this is the nature ofthe evil we are fighting. Iran would wipe Israel off the map if it had nukes, it would supply any one of a number of terrorist organizations with the means to attack us if it had a chance. Iran is not to be trusted period, and these so called negotiations are nothing more than stealing more time to complete it's weapons program and take some international pressure off.

[j-whitman]

Notblue,,, It wasn't true Russians where going to invade us after WW2 -- It wasn't true communist where going to invade us after Viet Nam --- It wasn't true about the violence raging in Viet Nam after we pulled out either. --- Your logic is wrong also,, it's driven by rhetoric & narrowminded ideaology.