[Washington Post] Megan Greenwell - Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch, who commands U.S. operations south of Baghdad, said Sunday that about 50 members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps are training Shiite militias in firing mortars and rockets. "They are facilitating training of Shiite extremists....We know they're here and we target them as well." U.S. military leaders in Iraq have repeatedly maintained that Iran is providing money, weapons and training to militia groups.
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