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BORDER TENSIONS EMERGE BETWEEN IRAN, IRAQ


BAGHDAD [MENL] -- Two years after Iraq established its first post-Saddam Hussein government, relations with Iran have again been fraught with tension.

Iraqi officials said Iranian soldiers have been repeatedly entering Iraqi territory and firing toward Iraqi outposts. They said Iranian soldiers and agents have also been conducting reconnaissance around Iraqi border outposts.

"The Iranians are taking increasingly aggressive measures along the Iraqi border," an Iraqi official said. "We've talked to Teheran, but it hasn't helped."

[On Monday, a suicide bomber dressed as a police officer blew himself up outside police headquarters in the northern city of Irbil. At least 11 officers were killed.]

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