Iran's eye is on Iraq vote, general says
Posted: July 29, 2009 at 3:08 a.m.
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, right, walks off an Air Force C-17 as he arrives in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, July 28, 2009.
The top U.S. commander in Iraq said Tuesday that Iran is still training and equipping Iraqi insurgents but is shifting its focus to influence the coming Iraqi elections and exerting "soft power" over its majority-Shiite neighbor.
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