August 10, 2007 (LPAC)--At the point where it is clear that the U.S. under Cheney wants to dump Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, the Iranian leadership signaled during the visit of Maliki yesterday to Iran that they now believe U.S. troops should withdraw from Iraq soon. This is a shift from Tehran's earlier stance, whereby Iran wanted withdrawal to be postponed until the security situation were under control.

Al-Maliki met with all the top leaders: supreme leader Ali Khamenei, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and national security chief Ali Larijani, as well as vice president Davoudi. Maliki was also quoted by Iranian state media as praising Iran's "constructive" role in "fighting terrorism" in Iraq. Bush's public criticism of Maliki on this point is a reflection of Cheney's commitment to remove the Prime Minister.

Khamenei told Maliki in the Shiite holy city of Mashhad that it was the presence of the U.S.-led forces that was the "biggest misfortune" shadowing Iraq. "The occupiers claim that if they exit now, Iraq will be destroyed. Whereas if the occupiers leave, all the Iraqi officials will move with full force to solve the people's problems," state television quoted Khamenei as saying. "The U.S. is trying to put in power a lackey government" in Iraq, Khamenei added. "But the U.S. policy will definitely fail and the victors in this arena will be the Iraqi people."

Al-Maliki was quoted as telling Khamenei: "Iraq should regain its independence and dignity. The Iraqi government is trying to get Iraq back to normal." Ahmadinejad earlier told the Iraqi prime minister: "Iran and Iraq both have heavy responsibilities to bring about peace and security in the region."

Maliki also made the gesture of meeting the families of Iranian officials arrested in Iraq by U.S. forces on accusations of being members of an elite Revolutionary Guards force on a mission to stir up trouble. "The Iraqi government will do all it can to release these people," Maliki said.

Lyndon LaRouche stressed that the U.S. effort to dump Maliki is a big mistake. U.S. credibility in the region is at minus zero and that any effort in the direction of regime change undermines the possibility of getting stabilization. Therefore, there should be no more regime change. The lives of too many Americans and others have already been lost because of such policies. We simply need to dump Cheney. Instead of dumping Mlaki, dump Cheney.