Iraq Intensifies Efforts to Expel Iranian Group
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BAGHDAD -- For three years, thousands of members of a militant group dedicated to overthrowing Iran's theocracy have lived in a sprawling compound north of Baghdad under the protection of the U.S. military.
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Intensified insurgent attacks on Shiite holy cities have sparked renewed fears of sectarian strife.
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The latest in a series of high-profile arrests indicated a heightened crackdown on Shiite militias.
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The U.S. military accused Iran on Sunday of smuggling surface-to-air missiles and other advanced weapons into Iraq for use against American troops
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The Bush administration and interim  Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi are pushing several Western  and Middle Eastern countries, including Iran, to join in  holding a conference in October to boost Iraq's electoral  process, The New York Times reported on Saturday.
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Iraq's president turned to Iran on Monday for help to stem the bloodshed, and Iraqi officials said talks this week between President Bush and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki will focus on giving Iraqis more control so U.S. forces can withdraw.
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The U.S. military has evidence that Shiite extremists in Iraq are receiving arms and training from Iran, but it is not clear if the Iranian government is involved, a U.S. spokesman said Monday.
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Iraq's deputy prime minister visited Tehran on Sunday in what appeared to be an attempt at fence-mending between the former enemies whose relations have been bruised by growing Iraqi allegations that Iran is supporting the insurgency in Iraq.
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U.S.-led coalition forces in Iraq on Sunday presented what officials said was "a growing body" of evidence of Iranian weapons being used to kill coalition soldiers.
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Iraqi President Jalal Talabani is scheduled to fly to Tehran to meet with his Iranian counterpart, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Pressure is growing on Iraq's government and the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush to look beyond the country's borders to bring an end to the ongoing violence.
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Iran has recruited its own network of Iraqi Shi'ite extremists to use armor-piercing weapons against U.S. and coalition forces rather than against Sunni rivals, current and former intelligence officials say.
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In the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination, Iran has become the new Iraq.
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NAJAF, Iraq, August 25.âThe Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani has called on Iraqis to go to the sacred city of Najaf to expel the US troops and save it from attacks by the occupying forces, stated Hamad Al-Jaffaf, head of his cabinet, on Al Arabiya television
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Iran said Wednesday it is considering whether to participate in a Baghdad-organized conference of Iraq's neighbors that its top rival, the United States, plans to attend.
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U.S. troops' detention of eight Iranians in Iraq &#151; along with TV images of them being led away blindfolded and handcuffed &#151; drew swift condemnation Wednesday from Tehran officials.
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The U.S. military has detected a significant increase in the number of sophisticated roadside bombs in Iraq and believes that orders to send components for them came from the "highest levels" of the Iranian government, a senior intelligence officer said Sunday.
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Attacks by Iranian-backed groups in Iraq have increased in recent months, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday, casting doubt on the view Iran might have reduced its support for violence in the war.