U.S. Working to Expose Iran's Interference in Iraq's Election
New Haven Register › March 05, 2010
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IRAN is conducting a broad covert-action campaign to influence Iraq's elections next month, pumping money and other assistance to its allies, U.S. officials say. The best way to counter this assault, they have decided, is by exposing it publicly. The most direct criticism of the meddling has come from Gen. Ray Odierno, the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq. In meetings with reporters during a visit to Washington last week, he focused on the role played by Ahmed Chalabi, who as an Iraqi expatriate in 2003 lobbied the Bush administration to invade his homeland. He is now believed to be working closely with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Odierno has briefed top Iraqi leaders in Baghdad on U.S. intelligence about the Iranian campaign. A source provided me with an unclassified summary of Odierno's briefing. It included the following allegations:See the full content of this document
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U.S. Working to Expose Iran's Interference in Iraq's Election
A--Iran provides money, campaign materials and political training to individual candidates and political parties in Iraq.
A--Iran interferes in Iraq's political process, urging alliances that n...See the full content of this document
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