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August 9, 2007       Share:    

Source: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/3f4b7328-4610-11dc-b359-0000779fd2ac,_i_rssPage=fc3334c0-2f7a-11da-8b51-00000e2511c8.html

U.S. Kills Iraqi Militants "Smuggling in Arms from Iran"

[Financial Times-UK] Andrew England - U.S. forces launched raids and air strikes on Baghdad's Sadr City Wednesday, killing 32 militants suspected of smuggling arms into Iraq from neighboring Iran. The U.S. military said the suspects were believed to be members of a "special-groups terrorist network known for facilitating the transport of weapons and explosively formed penetrators, or EFPs, from Iran to Iraq." They were also alleged to have been involved in bringing militants from Iraq into Iran for training. One of the targets of the raid was acting as a proxy between the Iraqi EFP network and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Quds Force.

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