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October 8, 2007       Share:    

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/07/petraeus.iran/

Petraeus: Iranian Ambassador to Iraq Member of Quds Force

[CNN] Jim Clancy - Gen. David Petraeus told CNN that Iran's ambassador to Iraq, Hassan Kazzem Qomi, is a member of the Quds force that controls Iranian policy. There was "no question" that Iranian arms were ending up in the hands of the Iraqi militias and there was "no debate" that six Iranians detained by the U.S. military in northern Iraq are Iranian Quds force members - the Iranian unit the U.S. accuses of training and arming insurgents. "There's no question, absolutely no question that Iran is providing advanced RPGs [rocket-propelled grenades], RPG 29s," Petraeus said. "It has provided some shoulder-fired, Stinger-like air-defense missiles. It has provided the explosively formed projectiles and it has provided 244 mm rockets, in addition to mortars, mortar rounds and other small-arms ammunition."

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