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U.S. Slams Iran's Destabilizing Role in Iraq
[AFP] U.S. ambassador to the UN Zalmay Khalilzad on Monday slammed the destabilizing role of Iran and Syria in Iraq and urged them to stop the flow of weapons and foreign fighters into their war-scarred neighbor. He said the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Qods Force "continues to arm, train, and fund illegal armed groups in Iraq." He added that the bulk of weapons used by these militias were "made in Iran and supplied by Iran, including mortars, rockets and explosively-formed penetrators (EFPs)." He also expressed concern about the flow of arms and foreign fighters across the Iraqi-Syrian border, citing estimates that Syria is the entry point for "90% of all known foreign terrorists in Iraq...and we know that al-Qaeda terrorist facilitators continue to operate inside Syria."