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February 19, 2003       Share:    

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/financialtimes/international/FT1045510848273.html

Iranian-Backed Forces Cross into Iraq

(Financial Times-UK) - Najmeh Bozorgmehr and Guy Dinmore Up to 5,000 Iranian-backed Iraqi opposition forces have crossed into northern Iraq from Iran with the aim of securing the frontier in the event of war, according to senior Iranian officials. The forces, with some heavy equipment, are nominally under the command of Ayatollah Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim, a prominent Iraqi Shia Muslim opposition leader based in Iran since 1980.

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