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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/23/AR2007092300213.html
U.S. Says Iran Smuggling Missiles to Iraq
[AP/Washington Post] Sameer N. Yacoub - The U.S. military accused Iran on Sunday of smuggling surface-to-air missiles and other advanced weapons into Iraq for use against American troops. Military spokesman Rear Adm. Mark Fox said U.S. troops were continuing to find Iranian-supplied weaponry including the Misagh 1, a portable surface-to-air missile that uses an infrared guidance system. Other advanced Iranian weaponry found in Iraq includes the RPG-29 rocket-propelled grenade, 240 mm rockets and armor-piercing roadside bombs known as explosively formed penetrators.