Advanced Iranian-built bombs smuggled into Iraq have killed at least 170 US and allied troops since June 2004 and injured 620 more, senior US defence officials said on Sunday.
"Iran is involved in supplying explosively formed projectiles or EFPs and other material to Iraqi extremist groups," a senior official from the US-led multinational coalition told journalists. "The Qods Force arms extremists and insurgents to carry out terrorist attacks and guerrilla warfare," he said, according to AFP. "The Qods Force provides advice, training and weapons to proxy forces in Iraq."
Those weapons are capable of destroying an Abrams tank. The officer said American intelligence analysts believe the EFPs are manufactured in Iran and smuggled into Iraq on orders from the top of the Iranian government.
