Military finding more Iranian weapons in Iraq


	Military finding more Iranian weapons in Iraq

willhelm

11-11-2007 9:13 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/2b975ca3-fdd5-401a-87f5-94c27403fd01/D7AD9DD2-FD2A-48E3-8FFB-7972417E5DFE/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071111/ts_nm/iraq_iran_general_dc_3" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071111/ts_nm/iraq_iran_general_dc_3" style="font-size: 11px;">news.yahoo.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071111/ts_nm/iraq_iran_general_dc_3">The quantity of Iranian bomb-making
components being found in Iraq is increasing despite a fall in
attacks and 20 Iranian-trained agents are still operating south
of <SPAN id="lw_1194811611_0" class="yshortcuts">Baghdad</SPAN>, a top U.S. general said on Sunday.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071111/ts_nm/iraq_iran_general_dc_3">Extensive Iranian influence in Iraq remained evident, said
Major-General Rick Lynch, despite signs of a possible easing of
tensions between Washington and <SPAN id="lw_1194811611_1" class="yshortcuts">Tehran</SPAN> over security in Iraq.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071111/ts_nm/iraq_iran_general_dc_3">Lynch said his troops were chasing 20 "targets" he
identified as Iraqi Shi'ites who were agents for the <SPAN id="lw_1194811611_2" class="yshortcuts">Iranian
Revolutionary Guards</SPAN> Corps's (IRGC) elite Qods Force.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071111/ts_nm/iraq_iran_general_dc_3"><P>"They were trained in <SPAN id="lw_1194811611_3" class="yshortcuts">Iran</SPAN> and they're conducting
operations in our battle space," Lynch told reporters. "They're
Iraqis but they're IRGC surrogates and they're still out
there."</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071111/ts_nm/iraq_iran_general_dc_3"><P>He said he was also troubled by the number of Iranian
rockets being found. In two recent cases, he said, 46 Iranian
rockets were found ready and aimed at a U.S. operating base and
several more were discovered near a U.S. patrol post.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/D7AD9DD2-FD2A-48E3-8FFB-7972417E5DFE/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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