U.S. says seizes Iraqis linked to Iran Qods force [View All]

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Source: Reuters

BAGHDAD, Sept 17 (Reuters) - U.S. forces captured 12 Iraqis in Baghdad on Monday suspected of smuggling weapons from Iran, including one linked to Tehran's elite Qods force, the U.S. military said in a statement.

The suspects were involved in "production and distribution of deadly explosively formed penetrators", a particularly lethal form of roadside bomb.

"Those in custody are believed to be involved in smuggling and storing weapons from Iran used to attack Iraqi civilians and the security forces," the statement said.

One of them had links to the Qods force, part of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, it said.

U.S. officials say the explosively formed penetrators, which have claimed the lives of scores of U.S. soldiers, are being built in Iran and then smuggled into Iraq to be assembled there.

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