(Christian Science Monitor) - A secret new U.S. Special Forces mission to hunt down al Qaeda along Afghanistan's border with Iran is triggering cross-border accusations of espionage, amid persistent suspicions that Iran is harboring terrorists. The three dozen Green Berets are based in a desert compound three miles from the Iranian frontier, surrounded by a maze of barricades to thwart suicide bombing attacks.
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