In the "With friends like these.... Department...

Fox news has This story:

Iranian Leader Wants U.S. Pullout Wednesday, November 23, 2005

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's supreme leader urged the Iraqi president on Tuesday to seek a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, saying the American presence harms the country.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei met with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, who is paying a three-day visit to Iran, a country the United States accuses of meddling in Iraq but that is closely allied to Iraq's new Shiite and Kurd-dominated leadership.

But with a friend like this, does the new Iraqi leadership need any enemies?

Also, Do you think that the Iraqis have only the most pure, altruistic intentions for their Islamic neighbors, or do you think that this call may be possibly due to the fact that the Iranian leadership is quite uncomfortable with the U.S. presence breathing down their neck and wrecking their buzz?

(Filed under Iraq, World Affairs)