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Source: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1093747,00.html
Inside Iran's Secret War for Iraq
(TIME) Michael Ware - The U.S. military's new nemesis in Iraq is Abu Mustafa al-Sheibani, who is working for Iran. According to a U.S. military intelligence document, al-Sheibani heads a network of insurgents created by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards with the express purpose of committing violence against U.S. and coalition forces in Iraq. The U.S. believes they train in Lebanon, in Baghdad's predominantly Shi'ite Sadr City district, and "in another country," and have detonated at least 37 bombs against U.S. forces this year in Baghdad alone. Perhaps most troubling are signs that the rising influence of Iran is exacerbating sectarian tensions between Sunnis and Shi'ites, pulling Iraq closer to all-out civil war. A TIME investigation reveals an Iranian plan for gaining influence in Iraq that began before the U.S. invaded.