Reply #1: here's some more

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http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050707/ts_nm/iraq_dc_108


Defense Minister Saadoun al-Dulaimi signed a pact in Tehran agreeing to accept Iranian military training and other cooperation with the country Iraq fought for a decade under ousted leader
Saddam Hussein.

Responding to the suggestion that the thaw in ties with Iran would anger Washington, Dulaimi said: "Nobody can dictate to Iraq its relations with other countries."

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The American military said it was holding five U.S. citizens, apparently including a Los Angeles filmmaker, among more than 10,000 detainees in Iraq.
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