US detains 2 weapons smuggling suspects in Iraq

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
US troops on Sunday detained two suspected weapons smugglers who may linked to Iran's elite Quds force, the military said. The two were captured and a number of weapons confiscated during a raid on a rural farm compound in eastern Iraq, near the Iranian border, according to a military statement. "The suspects may be associated with a network of terrorists that have been smuggling explosively formed projectiles (EFPs), other weapons, personnel and money from Iran into Iraq," the military said. EFPs are powerful, armor-piercing roadside bombs that have killed hundreds of US soldiers in recent months.