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The Iranian President gets a regal visit and our Presdent sneeks in and sneeks out in silence... (via TPM)Greeted with Sweets and Flowers (just not for us)

Pomp and ceremony greeted Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on his arrival in Iraq on Sunday, the fanfare a stark contrast to the rushed and secretive
visits of his bitter rival U.S. President George W. Bush.

Ahmadinejad held hands with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani as they walked down a red carpet to the tune of their countries' national anthems, his visit the first by an Iranian president since the two neighbours fought a ruinous war in the 1980s.

His warm reception, in which he was hugged and kissed by Iraqi officials and
presented with flowers by children, was Iraq's first full state welcome for any
leader since the U.S.-led invasion to topple Saddam Hussein in 2003.