EAST OF BAQUBA, Iraq (Reuters) - The U.S. military commander in Iraq stepped
up accusations over the weekend that Iran was inciting violence there and said
Tehran's ambassador to Baghdad was a member of the Revolutionary Guards Qods
force.
In Baghdad, Iraq's government raised the death toll from a shooting involving
U.S. security contractor Blackwater to 17, from 11 previously. A spokesman
accused the firm of "deliberate killing" and said its guards fired without
provocation.
Washington accuses Iran's Revolutionary Guards' elite Qods force of
supporting militias who have attacked U.S. troops.
General David Petraeus, speaking at a U.S. military base about 30 km (20
miles) from the Iranian border on Saturday, said Iran was giving militia groups
advanced weaponry and guidance.
Petraeus steps up accusations against Iran Top News Reuters.com
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