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Envoy Accuses Iran of Duplicity on Iraq


(Washington Post ) Jonathan Finer and Ellen Knickmeyer - Iran is publicly professing its support for Iraq's stalemated political process while its military and intelligence services back outlawed militias and insurgent groups, U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad said Thursday. Iranian agents train and arm Shiite Muslim militias such as the Mahdi Army, linked to Iraq's powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, and also work closely with Sunni Arab-led insurgent forces including Ansar al-Sunna, blamed for dozens of deadly attacks on Iraqi and American soldiers and Shiite civilians.
2006-03-24 00:00:00
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