On Friday Jan. 18, the French news agency (AFP) reported the second highest US general serving in Iraq said that Iran is still training and funding insurgents attacking coalition troops in Iraq.

“We’re really starting to see some reconciliation,” Odierno said. “But we still have some who mostly are supported by Iran who still are trying to conduct attacks against coalition forces.”

Al-Jazeera TV also quoted him as saying: Most of the militias are conducted by the Quds Force and act on its orders.