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The top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, said Iran continues to support Iraqi insurgents and Syria is allowing foreign fighters passage into Iraq.

"We are concerned very much about the lethal accelerants, as they are called, that do come from Iran," he said. "And we appropriately raise that to those who have a broader perspective, then, who have a regional and then a global look.

"And the same way that we do about what comes through Syria." Read full article »

CNN's Kyra Phillips and Mohammed Tawfeeq contributed to this report.

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