Iran - Iraq - US: Good News at last!

[Ali]

US and Iran ready for Iraq talks (http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4813048.stm)
The US says it has authorised its envoy in Baghdad to hold talks with Iranian officials about the situation in Iraq.
It would be the first public dialogue since the 1979 hostage crisis, after which the nations broke off ties.

[abcdefz]

...we still need that "crosses fingers" emoticon.

[kaiser soze]

I'm curious what they plan on talking about?

The increasing violence and disorder in Iraq is making neighbouring Iran just as worried as Washington, he says.

And how did that come to be?

[Ali]

I'm curious what they plan on talking about?On Wednesday, an influential Iraqi Shia leader had urged "clear dialogue" between the US and Iran on Iraq. "It is in the interests of the Iraqi people that such dialogue is opened," Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim said. Iran and Iraq both have Shia governments. Nuff sed.

[dave790]

Iran and Iraq both have Shia governments. Nuff sed.

hmmm