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One of these groups, Katai’b Hezbollah, an extremist group believed to have Iranian support and guidance, continues to attempt to threaten Iraqi sovereignty by conducting operations against Iraqi citizens and security forces in Iraq. Utilizing Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force and Hezbollah training, funding, and weapons such as the improvised rocket-assisted mortar or IRAM, Katai’b Hezbollah tries to intimidate the Iraqi population and conducts direct attacks against Iraqi security and coalition forces. Indirect fire attacks also illustrate the total disregard they have for the safety and well being of Iraqi citizens

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REP3: [Unintelligible] with the New York Times. Do you think the stepped up activities of Hezbollah brigades is linked to perhaps the agreement that the U.S. and Iraq seek to sign? I mean is it timed to perhaps derail any potential agreement here? Thank you.

BG PERKINS:
We have seen continuing activity by Katai’b Hezbollah. They are responsible for some of the more sophisticated weapons out there such as the IRAMs that I spoke about before. And they’ve had a continual level of activity. It is no secret that Iran has tried to interfere into the bilateral discussions between the United States and Iraq and have tried to interfere with the sovereign decisions of Iraq. So this has been an ongoing issue and it is one that the Iraqi people do not welcome this outside interference into their bilateral negotiations and outside interference, quite honestly, with their own sovereignty. Sir.


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