All are facing east, across the Shatt, and pointing accusatorily at their longtime enemy.
But the oratory between the longtime enemies is not nearly as heated as it was in 1994.
This week's talks were held in a climate of acknowledged mistrust between longtime enemies.
Iran, a longtime enemy of Saddam Hussein, came gladly to the conference.
The champions retained there titles, stuffing both of their longtime enemies inside the casket.
But the reason had little to do with the prospect that its longtime enemy could become a nuclear power.
He was wondering what it would feel like to wear, like a newly purchased coat, the body of his longtime enemy.
The issues that brought him to this crisis - blatantly exploited by his longtime political enemies - were caste and religion.
Both gods were longtime enemies of the creatures from deep hell.
He is our longtime enemy, and we will deal with him.