(KUNA) -- The Multi National Force (MNF) said Wednesday it arrested two people, one of which is the leader of an extremist Shiite group who is accused of smuggling weapons from Iran to Iraq.
An MNF press release said that the two arrestees are also accused of funding and training militants north of Babel. One of the arrestees is thought to have encouraged militants to attack the MNF in Iraq, it added. The release did not say when the two people were arrested.
Security forces in Babel are conducting raids and have arrested scores of people since the wide military operation began in Basra Tuesday morning.
Washington accuses Tehran of funding, training, and arming militants in central and south Iraq. The MNF every day now and then finds Iranian-made weapons and rockets in Iraq.
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