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Guess Who's Back In Iraq?

Well, that was quick. CNN is reporting that -- after several weeks of comparative decline -- attacks against American troops by bombs "believed linked to Iran" are again on the rise. According to General Petraeus, "EFPs have gone up, actually, over the last 10 days by a factor of two or three." All of which puts the lie to claims that Iran is behaving better in Iraq -- and should dispel any doubt about exactly who calls the shots on the ground.

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Iraq, Iran

Ilan Berman is vice president for policy at the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington, D.C. This article is adapted in part from his new book, Winning the Long War: Retaking the Offensive Against Radical Islam, which has just been released by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.

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