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BAGHDAD, May 4 (UPI) -- A top U.S. commander in Iraq said attacks with bombs powerful enough to pierce the armor of tanks have increased to record levels.
Lt. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno told the Washington Post that in April there were 65 attacks with the bombs, called explosively formed projectiles, which U.S. officials said are made in Iran.
Most of the attacks with the lethal bombs occurred in eastern Baghdad, Odierno said, and most are used by Shiite militants against the U.S. military.
The commander of the U.S. forces in Iraq, Gen. David H. Petraeus, said at a news conference last week that the United States had captured the Iraqi leader of a weapons network that brings the bombs from Iran to Iraq.
Petraeus said the prisoner "certainly reports to the very top," the Post reported. Petraeus also said the military had nothing to "absolutely indicate" the involvement of Iran's leaders.
Iranian officials have denied U.S. allegations that Tehran is supporting militants in Iraq.
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