Report: Quarter of US Iraq deaths due to Iran groups
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The new US ambassador to Iraq said on Thursday he believed groups backed by Iran were responsible for a quarter of US casualties in the Iraq war but that Tehran was not as influential in Iraq as thought.
More than 4,400 US soldiers have been killed since the 2003 US-led invasion, battling Shi'ite militia the US military has long said were armed, funded and trained by Iran, and Sunni Islamist insurgents. (Reuters)
