Iraq crackdown focuses on arms smuggling from Iran (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Fri, 07/18/2008 - 4:28pm

A U.S.<br /><br />Army soldier from Hammer Company, Third Squadron, Second Stryker Cavalry Regiment is silhouetted by the moon during a patrol in the Shiite village of Sebta, about 90 kilometers (60 miles) north of Baghdad in Iraq's volatile Diyala province on Friday, July 18, 2008.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)AP - With al-Qaida falling away, U.S. forces in Iraq are turning their attention to another front: the Iranian border.

They aim to crack down on weapon smuggling from Iran by tightening the frontier with Iraq's neighbor to the east, a U.S. commander told The Associated Press on Friday.




 

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