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Article: Iranians move in to shape new Iraq; Rumsfeld sees 'organized elements'.(PAGE ONE)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- April 26, 2003
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Byline: Bill Gertz, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said yesterday that Iran has dispatched "organized elements" to Iraq in a bid to influence the creation of an Islamist system.
"There's no question but that the government of Iran has encouraged people to go into the country, and that they have people in the country attempting to influence the country," Mr. Rumsfeld told reporters at the Pentagon.
Mr. Rumsfeld also said that a large number of Iraqis, Syrians and other foreign nationals have been "scooped up" in Iraq, including 12 of the 55 most-wanted officials of Saddam Hussein's ousted regime.
Mr. Rumsfeld ...