ARAB-US RELATIONS - Apr 25 - Top US Military Officer Assails Iran's Role In Iraq.

From: APS Diplomat Recorder | Date: April 26, 2008 | Copyright information

The government of Iran continues to supply weapons and other support to extremists in Iraq, despite repeated promises to the contrary, and is increasingly complicit in the death of US soldiers, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Apr 25 in a stark new assessment of Iranian influence. The chairman, Admiral Michael Mullen, said he was "extremely concerned" about "the increasingly lethal and malign influence" by the government of Iran and the Quds Force of Iran's Revolution...

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