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Iran upping support for militants in Iraq, top US officer says

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Middle East News
Iran upping support for militants in Iraq, top US officer says

Apr 25, 2008, 15:55 GMT

Washington - Iran has been increasing its support for
militants in Iraq and terrorism throughout the Middle East, the top
US military officer said Friday.

Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff, told reporters at the Pentagon that Tehran has failed to live
up to previous commitments to stop supporting Shiite militants
responsible for attacks against coalition and Iraqi forces.

‘The Iranian government pledged to halt such activities some
months ago,’ Mullen said. ‘It’s plainly obvious they have not.
Indeed, they seem to have gone the other way.’

Iran’s elite al-Quds force has continued providing weapons to
militants and trains Iraqis on Iranian soil to fight and kill US and
Iraqi soldiers.

Iran flatly rejects US allegations of meddling in
Iraq.

Over the last few years Iran has also begun increasing support
for Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Palestinian militant group Hamas,
which carries out attacks against Israel from the Gaza Strip, Mullen
said.

Mullen also said Iran was continuing to provide arms in the form
of material for making makeshift bombs to the Taliban in
Afghanistan.

Mullen said the United States was committed to using diplomatic
and financial pressure to compel Tehran to change its behaviour but
added that military force should not be ruled out, although he
played down that option.

‘I have no expectations that we’re going to get into conflict
with Iran in the immediate future,’ he said.

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