Petraeus Says Iran Wants Iraqi ‘Hezbollah’ Force

Gen. David Petraeus speak during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, Wednesday, 12 Sept. 2007 C

The commander of U.S. forces in Iraq says there is hard evidence of Iranian efforts to establish a permanent militia presence in Iraq, and that Iraqi leaders have addressed the issue in meetings in Tehran. General David Petraeus made the comment at a news conference, after two days of testimony before the Congress. VOA’s Al Pessin reports from Washington.

General Petraeus says the capture of key insurgent operatives in mainly Shiite southern Iraq, including a senior official of Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah militia, resulted in irrefutable evidence of Iran’s efforts. Click here for complete article