Iran and Iraq to sign military deal

"Former foes Iran and Iraq have said they will sign a military cooperation agreement that will include Iranian help in training Iraq's armed forces.


The agreement marks a considerable advance in relations between the two countries that fought a bitter 1980-1988 war and comes despite repeated US accusations that Iran has undermined security in Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003."
al-Jazeera

The first thing that comes to mind reading this, are the attacks on all the other foreign diplomats.
Is it just me? Or does it look like the Iranians did not want any competition at the negotiation table. I am sure Sadr is happy today, now he can receive all the Iranian support he wants to install his new dictatorship.