It was Obama who said that Iran is not a grave threat.
US forces detained a senior Iranian Qods Force officer as he attempted to flee Baghdad, according to a statement from the military.
The officer, who was not named, was captured today as he was attempting to leave Iraq. Security guards at Baghdad International Airport detained the Iranian agent as Coalition forces were in "pursuit."
The Qods Force officer is suspected of being involved "in facilitating Iranian weapons shipments into Iraq," according the Multinational Forces Iraq press release. US forces found "an unspecified amount of the illegal drug Cocaine" in his possession.
Qods Force uses an unnamed construction company to shield its activities, the US military said. "The suspect works for an organization within the IRGC-QF [Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps-Qods Force] involved in the construction and repair of religious sites in Iraq," the statement said. "Intelligence assessments indicate that the IRGC-QF uses this organization as a cover to smuggle weapons in legitimate shipments of building materials."
Iraqi and US forces have killed one Qods Force operative and captured 10 since mid-October.
Qods Force has supported various Shia militias and terror groups inside Iraq, including the Mahdi Army, helping to build them along the same lines as Lebanese Hezbollah. Iran denies the charges, but captive Shia terrorists admit to being recruited by Iranian agents and then transported into Iran for training.
Iran established the Ramazan Corps immediately after the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime to direct operations inside Iraq. The US military says Iran and Lebanese Hezbollah have helped establish, fund, train, and arm, and have provided operational support for Shia terror groups such as the Hezbollah Brigades and the League of the Righteous. The US military refers to these groups as well as the Iranian-backed elements of the Mahdi Army as the "Special Groups." These groups train in camps inside Iran.
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