By Xinhua,
Baghdad : U.S. soldiers captured a suspected propaganda specialist affiliated to Iranian-backed Shiite militiamen during a raid on his house in southeastern Baghdad on Monday, the U.S. military said.
Based on intelligence reports, the troops raided the house of the suspect who believed to be affiliated with the Hezbollah Brigades in Iraq in the Baghdad al-Jadida neighborhood, or New Baghdad, a military statement said.
The man is accused of uploading websites with imagery and video taken from attacks on U.S. troops and Iraqi security forces as part of propaganda effort backed by Iranian financiers, the statement said.
“Intelligence indicates that Hezbollah Brigades is an offshoot of Iranian-trained Special Groups,” it said.
Special Groups, in the terms of the U.S. military, refer to the Shiite militia extremists funded, trained and armed by Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps Quds Force operatives.
U.S. and Iraqi officials frequently accuse Iran of fomenting violence in Iraq by providing support for Shiite militias. Iran denied the accusations.