IRAN AND IRAQ FORM WORKING COMMITTEES

"Iran, Iraq form five working committees... the committees' focus will include economic, political, and security issues and other affairs of mutual interests... a new chapter has been opened in bilateral relations... supporting the Iraqi nation is top on the agenda of the Islamic Republic's (Iran's) foreign policy..."
http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=33451&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs

IRAN TO TRAIN IRAQ ARMY, TRADE OIL, GIVE $1 BILLION FOR RECONSTRUCTION

"... Iran promised last week to contribute $1 billion to Iraqi reconstruction effort... the countries agreed to build a pipeline between the two southern cities of Basra in Iraq and Abadan in Iran to trade oil..."
http://nytimes.com/2005/07/17/international/middleeast/17baghdad.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5094&en=32639bb8e839d1bd&hp&ex=1121572800&partner=homepage

"Iranians to train Iraq's military... Iran and Iraq say they will launch broad military co-operation including training Iraqi armed forces....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4659287.stm

"... Iraq is now led by Ibrahim al-Jaafari... al-Jafaari said "Let me add that the party that will leave Iraq is the United States, because it will eventually withdraw. But the party that will live with the Iraqis is Iran, because it is a neighbor to Iraq."
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/GF28Ak01.html