DAR AL HARB / ISLAM - U.S.A./IRAN/IRAQ: IRAN IS TRAINING E.F.P. BOMB MAKERS

U.S. says Iran training EFP bomb-makers
By LAUREN FRAYER The Associated Press

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iran has been training Iraqi fighters in the assembly of deadly roadside bombs known as EFPs, the U.S. military spokesman said Wednesday.

EFPs, or explosively formed penetrators, hurl a fist-sized lump of molten copper capable of piercing armored vehicles.

"We know that they are being in fact manufactured and smuggled into this country, and we know that training does go on in Iran for people to learn how to assemble them and how to employ them," Maj. Gen. William Caldwell said at a weekly briefing. "We know that training has gone on as recently as this past month from detainees' debriefs."

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