Iraq Minister Blasts Iran, Syria, Says Aid Zarqawi
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Iraq's interim defense minister accused  neighbors Iran and Syria on Wednesday of aiding al Qaeda  Islamist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and former agents of Saddam  Hussein to promote a "terrorist" insurgency in Iraq.
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A bomb near a Shi'ite shrine and an  outspoken attack on Iran by an Iraqi minister fueled fears of  sectarian strife as campaigning began on Wednesday for Iraq's  first free election since the fall of Saddam Hussein.
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Israeli and U.S. agents were behind  bombings in Iraq's Shi'ite holy cities of Kerbala and Najaf,  Iran's Supreme Leader said Monday, accusing Tehran's arch-foes  of trying to rig Iraq's elections for their own ends.
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Attacks by Iranian-backed groups in Iraq have increased in recent months, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday, casting doubt on the view Iran might have reduced its support for violence in the war.
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Iran's supreme leader said his country backed the Iraqi government and accused the United States of seeking to undermine Tehran's ties with Baghdad, the Iranian student news agency ISNA reported.
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BAGHDAD  - Iraq&#39;s Defense Minister Hazem Shaalan accused Iran of orchestrating terrorist attacks in Iraq, saying its neighbor country was the &quot;most dangerous enemy of Iraq&quot;.
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A bomb near a Shi'ite shrine killed  eight people and a fierce attack on Iran by a minister fueled  fears of sectarian strife when campaigning began on Wednesday  for Iraq's first election since Saddam Hussein's fall.
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Iran's foreign minister blasted the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday for failing to stop the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, and he called the United States and Israel "partners in these brutal crimes" against Lebanese civilians.
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An Iraqi official says half of attacks in Baghdad are by militants from Syria, after a major blast in the capital.
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The No. 2 U.S. commander in Iraq accused Iran on Sunday of stepping up support for anti-American Shi'ite militants in Iraq as U.S. policymakers await a crucial assessment of the violence-torn country.
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According to news website IranMania, Iran Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reze Asefi has been quoted by state news agency IRNA as saying remarks by Defence Minister Ali Shamkhani that appeared to threaten pre-emptive strikes against Israeli nuclear
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A bomb near a Shi'ite shrine killed eight people and a fierce attack on Iran by a minister fueled fears of sectarian strife when campaigning began on Wednesday for Iraq's first election since Saddam Hussein's fall.
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BAGHDAD, Nov. 19 -- Syria's foreign minister, in a rare visit to Baghdad by a Syrian official, on Sunday pledged cooperation in stemming the sectarian violence that threatens Iraq, even as scores of people were killed or found dead across the country.
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US and Iraqi officials have criticized Syria for not keeping fighters and funds out of Iraq.
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A group linked to al Qaeda ally Abu Musab  al-Zarqawi said it had tried to kill Iraq's environment  minister on Tuesday and warned that it would not miss the next  time, according to an Internet statement.
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Senior Iraqi ministers will go to Iran   on Tuesday, officials said, possibly paving the way for a first   official visit as prime minister by Nuri al-Maliki to Iraq's   powerful Shi'ite neighbor.
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A group linked to al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi said it had tried to kill Iraq&#39;s environment minister on Tuesday and warned it would not miss next time, according to an Internet statement.