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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

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Ilan Berman is vice president of the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington, D.C.

http://spectator.org/blog/2008/01/14/guess-whos-back-in-iraq

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