...and brotherhood".

Tehran has repeatedly called for the troops to withdraw, although Sunni Arabs fear such a pull-out would leave a power vacuum into which the Shi'ite theocracy could expand. While most Arab states have limited their representation in Iraq due to security concerns and mistrust of the Shi'ite-led government, Iran has sent numerous officials and cultivated close ties with Iraqi groups. Thousands of Iranian religious pilgrims flock to Iraq's Shi'ite shrines.

Ahmadi-Nejad said the two governments signed three agreements and seven MoUs on trade and industrial development as part of a visit Iraqi officials said was mainly economic. However, Sunni Arabs say the theocracy has infiltrated police forces and other state organs of state. About 1,000 demonstrators gathered in the Sunni district of 'Athamiya to protest Ahmadi-Nejad's visit, with one placard reading: "Your mortars preceded your visit". Ahmadi-Nejad dismissed the...

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