Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of Multinational Force Iraq, testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee along with U.S. Ambassador to provide an update on the situation in Iraq… news agencies reported. On April 8 the top U.S. commander in Iraq said, “the recent spike in violence in southern Iraq highlights the destructive role Iran has played in funding, training, arming and directing extremist “special groups” in Iraq and generates renewed concern about Iran’s influence in the country,”.
Petraeus added that the MNFI is going to hold a press conference to reveal documents and more informative about “Iran’s support to terror networks” and “the special groups activities” which “come out in greater relief during the violence of recent weeks”. He also indicated four out of 16 principal instructors of special groups who traveled to Iran frequently were detained, these are the people involved in attacks. A number of them were killed during chopper attacks, but tactically it is a very difficult job since they use schools and houses of innocent people for shooting.