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New York Times: Iran Fighting Proxy War in Iraq, U.S. Envoy Says (4/12/08) by Helene Cooper
Washington Post: Iran Top Threat To Iraq, U.S. Says (4/12/08) by Karen DeYoung
The nation's leading papers turn in near-identical "U.S. sources say" reports about Iranian meddling in Iraq. The quoted and attributed statements:
Times
- "United States ambassador to Iraq said Friday"
- "Mr. Crocker said in an interview"
- "Mr. Crocker said"
- "On Friday, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said"
- "Mr. Gates said"
- "From Mr. Bush down, administration officials this week have been turning up the volume on Iran. Administration officials said"
- "Administration officials have long accused Iran"
- "Mr. Bush this week accused Iran"
- "Mr. Gates, speaking to reporters at the Pentagon, said"
- "Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, echoed the assessment"
- "In addition, Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top commander in Iraq, told reporters on Friday"
- "Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday"
- "During the interview, Mr. Crocker accused Iran of meddling in Afghanistan, Lebanon and Gaza, in addition to Iraq"
- "fixed new U.S. attention on what Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates yesterday called Tehran's "malign" influence, the officials said"
- "one official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on the record"
- "President Bush reiterated yesterday that if Iran continues to help militias in Iraq"
- "U.S. military officials said"
- "Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said yesterday"
- "Gates, who appeared with Mullen at a Pentagon news conference, said of Iran"
- "Petraeus told Pentagon reporters yesterday"
- "said a State Department official involved in Middle East policy"
- "In a news conference Thursday, Crocker dismissed Arab concerns"
- "During a luncheon at the Washington Post, Crocker said"
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