I had this from Saturday. Must be Maliki requested the troops. Wouldn't it be nice if Iran got itself embroiled in one of those $3 Trillion quagmires?
Iran's Rouhani Offers Help To Iraq In Dealing With Sunni Insurgents
"Iranian President Hassan Rouhani Saturday offered to help the Iraqi government deal with Sunni insurgents seizing territory in a drive toward Baghdad.
Insurgents linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria overtook Mosul, Iraq's second largest city earlier this week but Iraqi forces regained some territory north of Baghdad, Gen. Qassim Atta told a news conference Saturday.
In Tehran, Rouhani told a news conference if the Iraqi government "asks for our help, we will review [the request]," the Tehran Times reported.
"We, as the Islamic Republic of Iran, are both friends and neighbors of Iraq, and our ties with the Iraqi government are close and cordial," Rouhani said.
Earlier in the week, Rouhani told state television Iran would not tolerate terrorism.
"We fight against terrorism, violence and radicalism," Voice of America quoted him as saying.
Rouhani's offer came as the United States sent the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush to the Persian Gulf to provide possible air support.