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."

[lars008-2009]

Mohammed the founder of Islam was reported by early 7th century sources to be a false prophet. - see the Doctrina Jacobi.

The history of Islam has seen a number of false prophets, some of them go back to as early as the age of Muhammad, such as Musaylimah, al-Ansi, Tulayha ibn Khuwaylid and Sajah.[4]

In recent history the figure of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad has been the subject of much controversy in this regard. He is considered a false prophet by Main-stream Orthodox Muslims.[5] The followers of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, though, revere him as a saint and call themselves Ahmadi Muslims. Ahmadis have been been declared non-Muslims by the government of Pakistan,[6] and their beliefs considered heretical and outside of Islam.[7] Ahmaids claim to be within the fold of Islam and deny the allegations leveled against them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_prophet
didn't the bible warn of muhammad and other false prophets?
Matthew 7:15
Matthew 24:11
Matthew 24:24
Mark 13:22
Luke 6:26
2 Peter 2:1
1 John 4:1
http://bibleresources.bible.com/keywordsearchresults.php?keyword=false+prophets&multiplemethod=phrase&version1=9&numpageresults=25&sortorder=bookorder

singingrick:

If you know anything about the bible, then you should know that vengeance and retribution are not yours.

You would do well to study Deuteronomy 32:35.

Oh, and perhaps you could explain Matthew 5:43-46 to me.

Or at the very least, explain it to yourself.

Sounds like you carry way too much hate in your heart to be considered anything but unchristian.

singingrick:

You sure are paranoid. Do you sleep ok at night? I mean, with the evil muslims under your bed, ready to take a pot shot at you every opportunity they get.

It must really be sad being you - the hatred you have in your heart is eating you away.

You should accept god into your heart singingrick - maybe then love will fill your heart and the hatred you feel for others will fade.

God will help you singingrick - don't turn him away like you have been doing - accept him - he loves you.

I'll pray that he forgives you.

singinrick:

Are you still preaching your message of hatred?

Singingrick, if you keep it up, god is going to cut you down.

[tbweb]

Enough posturing on all sides! I hope Iran surprises the world like North Korea did and get on a path to peace and sanity! Iran should do it for the kids, these kids really need a break from all the bloodshed! No one knows the long term effect on these war zone kids from all the trauma they have been through and all the bloodshed they have seen. These new weapons are very powerful and very advanced, its not like the past when enemies could fight and live to fight another day. Now, the world as we know it may actually end. I hope Iran, Sunni and shiite really think about it, this is crazy! Even if no one does it for each other they should do it for the kids! Nobody wins, everybody loses!!

[randalds]

Keep believing in the left media propoganda libs......you're only damaging this country and everything we stand for.

http://www.memritv.org/Transcrip
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Posted by singinrick at 01:03 AM : Mar 08, 2007

And ignorance like yours is more damaging to your cause then any foreign propaganda. You're like "Refer madness". So over the top with your obvious bullsh*it that even most people who might agree with your goals won't support you because they're embarrassed to be associated with you. They may like what the circus does, but they don't want to be one of the clowns like you. You drive people away from your causes.

[randalds]

Unfortunately because Bush has bogged us down and stretched us so thin in Iraq, the only way to "win" a war in Iraq would be to use battlefield tactical nuclear weapons.

Um...that would be "win" a war in Iran. He's already lost the one in Iraq....and Afghanistan.

[randalds]

We hope diplomacy would prevail. War with Iran means more recession and uncertainty at home than the oil rich countries.

Posted by diplomacy3 at 12:00 AM : Mar 08, 2007

The problem is that Bush does not want diplomacy to succeed. He wants a war. A regime change in Iran is the only thing he'll settle for and they won't do it without a war. Unfortunately because Bush has bogged us down and stretched us so thin in Iraq, the only way to "win" a war in Iraq would be to use battlefield tactical nuclear weapons. A polite little name for bombs that are actually several times more powerful then the Hiroshima bomb. While no sane person would use them against populations (which he'll have to do since Iran's nuclear facilities are widely scattered and we don't know where they all are), Bush will. Bush is what's known as a madman. Nuts. Insane. Drunk with power. He is drooling for the excuse to push that button because of a combination of war lust and an insane conviction that god wants him to bring democracy to the middle-East, no matter what the cost. He is mentally ill. He will do it.

[diplomacy3]

We hope diplomacy would prevail. War with Iran means more recession and uncertainty at home than the oil rich countries.

[randalds]

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.

Posted by Scott4261 at 07:15 PM : Mar 07, 2007

Starting a war would also be just about the only thing Bush could do that would drive the younger Iranians away from Western thinking and right back into the arms of the fundamentalists. They love many things about the west, but if Bush forces a choice on them they'll turn nationalist in a heartbeat. Like most people they love their country most of all. Also the Iranian army is not going to roll over and play dead like the Iraqi one did. A war with them will be incredibly bloody and turn the rest of the civilized world against us. It would be the most stupid thing this incredibly stupid president could do.