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Iraqi Government Welcomes Bush Strategy
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January 11, 2007
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - The Iraqi government spokesman chided the United States, Iran and Syria on Thursday for using his country as a political battleground, saying "we pay the price for the tension" between the three rivals and urging them to improve their relations.
Ali al-Dabbagh also called on Syria and Iran not to interfere in Baghdad's internal affairs. Both have been accused by the United States and Iraq of supporting insurgents and militias that are ravaging Iraq with sectarian war.
"Sometimes we pay the price for the tension in relations between Iran and the United States and Syria and the United States, therefore it is in our interest as Iraqis that these relations improve," ...