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Iran Joined Militias in Battle for Basra


[Times-UK] Sarah Baxter and Marie Colvin - Iranian forces were involved in the recent battle for Basra, Gen. David Petraeus, the U.S. commander in Iraq, is expected to tell Congress this week. Military and intelligence sources believe Iranians were operating at a tactical command level with the Shi'ite militias fighting Iraqi security forces; some were directing operations on the ground.
2008-04-07 01:00:00
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