Fifty Iranian Guards train south Iraq militias--US

They just can't help catapulting the propaganda. Notice the use of "qualifying" words because these are just accusations with no basis in fact.

About 50 members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards are believed to be training Shi'ite militias in the use of mortars and rockets in southern Iraq, the general commanding U.S. troops in the area said on Sunday.

"We are concerned primarily about the training of Shi'ite extremists. We think there are about 50 members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards," Major-General Rick Lynch, commander of U.S. forces south of Baghdad, told reporters.

Lynch said there had been an increase in "indirect fire attacks" on U.S. forces in his area of command and that rocket attacks were becoming "more accurate and more effective".

Washington has accused Shi'ite Muslim Iran of fomenting violence in Iraq through its support for Shi'ite militias, especially in southern Iraq. [emphasis mine]

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