Home pagePress CenterIn the Media Jon Alterman, director of the CSIS Middle East Program, was quoted by the Associated Press, "Ahmadinejad’s Historic Iraq Visit."
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Jon Alterman, director of the CSIS Middle East Program, was quoted by the Associated Press, "Ahmadinejad’s Historic Iraq Visit."
Jon Alterman, head of the Middle East program at Washington's Center for Strategic and International Studies, said the visit sends a "clear message to Iraqis that the Iranian influence in the country is significant and enduring."
But at the same time, "he doesn't want to threaten the Iraqis. He doesn't want to threaten Gulf states who fear that Iraq will be an Iranian satellite. He has a thin line to walk," he said.
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