Iraq's Porous Borders

An imprisoned member of Ansar al-Islam
YURI KOZYREV

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An imprisoned member of Ansar al-Islam peers from a prison cell at Sulimaniyah. Officials believe the porous border between the Kurdish region of northeastern Iraq and neighboring Iran is being used by terrorist infiltrators

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