al-Maliki has already stated he will not tolerate Iraq being used as base to attack Iran. If the US does attack Iran, I believe al-Maliki will have no choice but to request immediate American withdrawal.
He may have little to say or do about it. In fact, I wonder if he has any say at all over the matter?
U.S. military officers said Monday that the Pentagon plans to build a base near the Iran-Iraq border in an effort to stop the flow of Iranian weapons to Shiite militias.
The base will house four or five U.S. military border enforcement teams, according to Maj. Alayne Conway, a spokeswoman for Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch, who commands U.S. troops in central Iraq. It will be located in Wasit province, about four miles from the border, Conway said.
The troops will aim to stop explosively formed penetrators, a particularly deadly form of roadside bomb, and other munitions from crossing the Iranian border. The military also will construct fortified checkpoints along the major highways between Iran and eastern Iraq to search vehicles, and will install X-ray machines and explosives detectors at the official border crossing.
Is it possible that this base would not send out teams to enter Iran? Border enforcement? Sounds legit to me!
