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February 20, 2004       Share:    

Source: http://menewsline.com/stories/2004/february/02_18_2.html

Hizballah Suspected of Joining Iraqi Insurgents

(Middle East Newsline) Iraqi security sources said Hizballah combatants were believed to have provided training and guidance in coordinated attacks on U.S. and Iraqi security positions. More than 500 Hizballah combatants arrived in Iraq from Lebanon during 2003, the sources said. Over the last two months, scores of Hizballah fighters were believed to have crossed into northern Iraq to join Ansar al-Islam, the al-Qaeda-aligned insurgency group. The sources said Ansar has benefited from Iranian weaponry, logistics support, and safe haven, and Teheran might have approved or encouraged the services of Hizballah for Ansar.

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