Senior Iranian Commando Arrested in Iraq
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BAGHDAD (AFP)--Iraqi security forces have arrested an alleged "senior" Iranian commando from the elite Revolutionary Guard's Quds Force at Baghdad International Airport, the U.S. military said Wednesday.
The military said they suspected the man of "involvement in facilitating Iranian weapons shipments into Iraq" under the cover of working for an organization involved in the restoration of Iraqi religious sites.
The man is alleged to have used the organization as a front in order to bring weapons into Iraq concealed in shipments of building materials, the military said in a statement released late Tuesday.
The U.S. military has long accused Iran's Quds Force of arming, training and funding Iraqi militiamen to stoke the sectarian violence that has convulsed the country since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, charges Tehran has denied.
The statement also said the man was carrying an "unspecified amount" of cocaine.
The arrest came as Iraq's parliament was mulling a wide-ranging security pact with the U.S. that would require all U.S. troops to leave Iraq by the end of 2011, a pact that Iran has vehemently opposed.
The military said they suspected the man of "involvement in facilitating Iranian weapons shipments into Iraq" under the cover of working for an organization involved in the restoration of Iraqi religious sites.
The man is alleged to have used the organization as a front in order to bring weapons into Iraq concealed in shipments of building materials, the military said in a statement released late Tuesday.
The U.S. military has long accused Iran's Quds Force of arming, training and funding Iraqi militiamen to stoke the sectarian violence that has convulsed the country since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, charges Tehran has denied.
The statement also said the man was carrying an "unspecified amount" of cocaine.
The arrest came as Iraq's parliament was mulling a wide-ranging security pact with the U.S. that would require all U.S. troops to leave Iraq by the end of 2011, a pact that Iran has vehemently opposed.
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hombre76
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So i dont see that they found any weapons ...so this is just anouther accusation by US forces with no real evidence.
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hombre76
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samthesixth
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hombre76:
Nice icon. The doctor of death.
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samthesixth
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arcticspirit
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Nice catch.
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