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Jon Alterman, director of the CSIS Middle East Program, was quoted by Reuters, "U.S. Eyes Iranian President’s Visit to Iraq."
Unlike President George W. Bush's fleeting visits to Iraq, Iran's president is set to go to Baghdad this weekend amid much fanfare on a trip seen by some experts as undermining U.S. influence in the region.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit comes after an invitation from the Iraqi government and will be the first by an Iranian president to Baghdad since 1979. [...]
"That will create more problems with the neighbors. He will want to show his strength but not be seen as threatening them," said Jon Alterman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think tank. Read the article
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