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Update: CENTCOM Denies Suleimani Meeting

Posted on November 22nd, 2009 under general with 2 replies.

On Friday, I linked to a report in The Economist that General Raymond Odierno and Ambassador Christopher Hill, the United States’ two most senior officials in Iraq, met with General Qassem Suleimani, who commands the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force.

For the record, the CENTCOM Public Affairs office e-mailed me to deny that the meeting took place.

I don’t know whether the meeting took place or not – but it should have. The United States’ interests in Iraq are served by engaging all of the regional stakeholders, including Iran.

– Ben Katcher

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2 Responses to “Update: CENTCOM Denies Suleimani Meeting”

  1. forex robot says:
    December 3, 2009 at 6:45 am

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  2. Mark Pyruz says:
    November 22, 2009 at 2:03 pm

    I noticed the Economist disabled the URL to their report.

    I can definitely see the political reasons why CENTCOM would deny this story. I wonder who the sources were for the Economist report? That would be revealing.