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Iran on path to veto U.S. troop extension

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Proxy army already staging attacks to stir trouble

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Shiite Iran is wasting no time trying to make Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, a Shiite, a close political and economic ally in anticipation of U.S. troops leaving Dec. 31.

But the plan is in direct opposition to Obama administration hopes that he will decide to ask U.S. troops to remain beyond the pullout date, according to Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin.

The U.S. would like at least 10,000 U.S. troops to remain in Iraq past the deadline out of concern for the growing influence of Iran. However, Iran is pressuring al-Maliki not to request a U.S. troop extension and is rushing to sign major agreements with Iraq.

Also, the Iranian-backed Shiite Mehdi Army already has begun to attack U.S. troops in southern Iraq, according to U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen, who confirmed Iran is conducting an insurgency campaign in southern Iraq that is killing U.S. troops.

"Iran is very directly supporting extremist Shi'a groups which are killing our troops," Mullen said. "And there's no reason for me to believe that they're going to stop that as our numbers come down. There's no question they want to influence, and particularly in the south. They are shipping high-tech weapons in there."

While al-Maliki has stated that he will leave the decision about U.S. troop extension to a majority consensus of the political groups that make up his government – of which the Medhi Army's leader al-Sadr is one – Iraqi and Iranian officials have just signed some six agreements that will increase their trade exchanges to $20 billion.

Iranian First Vice President Reza Rahimi, in meetings with al-Maliki and Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, signed the agreements in the fields of information technology, health and medication and culture.

Iran also offered infrastructure reconstruction, and al-Maliki noted that because of the damage in recent years, "We need Iran's presence in our country's reconstruction."

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July 11, 2011

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