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Iran-linked attacks subside in Iraq
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Media | Newspaper - USA Today |
News Date | Friday, July 18, 2008 12:40:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | The number of deadly armor-piercing roadside bombs, which the U.S. government has linked to Iran, has dropped by nearly 70% in the past three months, the U.S. military says.
The decline comes in the wake of Iraq-led offensives against Shiite militia strongholds.
Washington is also taking diplomatic steps to blunt the threat Iran poses to the region. A top U.S. diplomat will attend a meeting with Iranian officials this weekend to discuss Tehran's nuclear program, a rare high-level session between the two countries.
U.S. commanders are cautious in describing the decline in armor-piercing bombs in Iraq, saying there is no evidence Tehran is backing off support for Shiite militants there.
"There are a number of rockets and mortars that we know are of Iranian descent that we have taken off the battlefield," Lt. Gen. Lloyd Austin, the No. 2 ranking U.S. commander in Iraq, said in an interview. "It's hard to determine whether that's been the principal cause of seeing fewer attacks or there's been some other cause."
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