Iranian Money, Bomb Equipment Found in Sadr City
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BAGHDAD — American-led forces discovered a cache of Iranian money and bomb-making equipment during a raid yesterday morning in the Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City in Baghdad, the military said. Two suspected militants were killed in the raid and 19 others detained, the military said.
America has accused Iran of providing weapons and training to Shiite militant groups in Iraq, accusations Iran has repeatedly denied. The military says Iran has also given insurgents powerful bombs they use to penetrate the American military’s armored vehicles.
American and Iranian diplomats are to hold talks next week about how to stabilize Iraq.
The raid yesterday targeted 11 buildings in Sadr City, a Shiite slum that is a stronghold of the Mahdi Army militia of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. As the American forces moved into the neighborhood, four militants fired at them, sparking a gunfight that left two of the attackers dead, the military said in a statement.
