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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: Alighieri who wrote (213475)12/15/2004 10:44:18 PM
From: tejek  Read Replies (2) of 1575627
 
This is not good at all!

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U.S. fears Iranian influence in Iraqi elections

Sources say 1 million Iranians have crossed border to register
By Andrea Mitchell
Correspondent
NBC News

Updated: 7:46 p.m. ET Dec. 15, 2004Kicking off his country's first democratic election campaign Wednesday, Interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi declared his own candidacy, saying the country can handle the challenge.


But as Iraqis register to vote, the United States worries that the real winners could be the ayatollahs in neighboring Iran. U.S. intelligence sources tell NBC News that 1 million Iranians have already poured across the border to register to vote in Iraq. And Iran is spending as much as $100 million to elect its favored slate of candidates in Iraq — and may have thousands of spies in Iraq.

"They're putting money into Iraq," says Danielle Pletka, an Iraq expert at the American Enterprise Institute. "They're promoting candidates. They're sponsoring terrorist groups that are pressuring people in Iraq. They're doing everything they can."

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