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Source: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-threat12jan12,1,1676627.story
"Shadow" of Iran Growing, Spy Czar Says
[Los Angeles Times] Greg Miller - Negroponte said that "40 to 70" foreign fighters enter Iraq each month through Syria, and that "many, if not most, of those are suicide bombers." Iran has provided money, support, and deadly munitions to Shiite groups, including so-called "explosively formed projectiles," capable of ripping through heavy armor, that are supplanting ordinary roadside bombs as a major threat to U.S. troops.