Iran leader in landmark Iraq trip

[Surferbeetle]

BBC is providing coverage of an interesting diplomatic development.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has received a warm welcome in Baghdad on the first ever visit to Iraq by an Iranian president.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7273431.stm

[Surferbeetle]

IraqSlogger has some interesting data in that it claims peshmerga will be involved in the security detail for the visit.

http://www.iraqslogger.com/index.php

Abu Aardvark provides analysis and some interesting links which provide a window on the ME process of examining agendas for those who can read arabic

http://abuaardvark.typepad.com/