Official accuses Iran of exporting narcotics to Iraq
Laptop Battery Thursday, 14th October 2004
Iran Focus
Khalilzad will represent the United States at the meeting. Washington accuses Tehran of fomenting Shi'ite violence in Iraq. Tehran denies the charge and blames bloodshed on the invasion and occupation by U.S.-led forces. The United States also accuses Iran of wanting to build a nuclear bomb, which Iran also denies. Iranian officials have said the talks would cover only Iraq, not Iran's nuclear program or other areas of dispute with Washington.
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Baghdad, Oct. 14 - In a press conference in Jordan the
head of the Iraqi Judiciary Council accused Iran of channelling in
a variety of illegal
drugs into Iraq cities.
Jordan's Foreign Minister again accuses Iran of role in instability in Iraq Jordan's Foreign Minister accused Iran of meddling in Iraq's affairs. Molghi said that Iran is trying to influence the Iraqi election. " Iran religious Shiite regime in Iraq will upset the existing balance in the Middle East and will not be in the interest of the people of Iraq", he said Wednesday.
Microsoft "Iran is presently bringing in large
amounts of different drugs using
its surrogates under the cover of social and political
research," Dr. Madhat Mahmoud told journalists in Amman.
In addition, as with Iraq, administration officials have said recently that Iran is supporting insurgencies and terrorism in other countries. Recently, top administration officials have accused the Tehran government of backing the rebels in Iraq, something that officials fear could increase if Iran is pressed too hard on its nuclear program.
Laptop Computers He also said that a considerable number of Iranian agents
disguised as pilgrims are importing and distributing narcotics
throughout Iraq's holy cities and elsewhere.
"I believe they are trying to exert influence in Iraq, particularly in southern Iraq, and they are using a variety of means to do it", general Casey said. He said that Tehran was providing "financial support" and trying to penetrate "elements of the Iraqi government and security forces". Iran, he said, was not "being helpful to their neighbour Iraq". Over the past few months, a string of top Iraqi and U.S. officials have accused Iran of meddling in Iraq's internal affairs.
Laptop Computer The council chief added that the extent of Iranian operation in
Iraq was so great that it was virtually impossible for Iraqi forces
to crack down affectively on this 'Mafia business'. He also accused
Iran of garnering
funds gained from the drug
profits and then distributing it to rival Iraqi groups to win
their support.
Shaalan, who is a secular Shiite, returned to Baghdad last week despite the court order seeking his detainment. Following his return to Iraq, he announced that the charges against him were the work of Tehran, which was acting through its proxies in Iraq. In January, Shaalan accused Iran of spending "more than $1 billion on meddling in the internal affairs of Iraq". The secular Shiite has repeatedly called Iran "Iraq's number one enemy" and consistently accused the clerical state of funding insurgent attacks against the Iraqi people.
Desktop Computer He further revealed that a number of drug lords who were
arrested for their crimes admitted to acting as mercenaries for the
Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security.
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