Iran Blames U.S. After Diplomats Shot

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Washington Times
May 17, 2008
Pg. 5
Iraq

BAGHDAD — Iran blamed the United States yesterday after at least three of its diplomats were wounded in a Baghdad shooting, saying the Americans are encouraging attacks on Iranians in Iraq.
The United States defended the actions of Iraqi security forces, but said Americans were not involved in the incident and that the U.S. "condemns any attack on guests or visitors of any country."
The shooting — which may have been by Iraqi soldiers during an argument at a checkpoint — occurred Thursday as the Iranians' convoy approached a bridge leading to a Shi'ite shrine in the northern Baghdad neighborhood of Kazimiyah.
 
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