U.S. envoy says Quds Force operations director among detained Iranians

And so the "proxy war" with Iran continues. The question is now when rather than if it wll turn hot.

BAGHDAD, Iraq: The U.S. ambassador said Wednesday that one of the Iranians detained by U.S. forces in Iraq during two raids over the past month was the director of operations for Iran's Revolutionary Guard Quds faction, the organization responsible for funding and arming Iraqi militants.

Zalmay Khalilzad said the recent raids were part of a "new strategy" to "go after their networks that are active here."

The United States is building up its troops in the region, beyond the additional 21,500 on their way to Iraq for a new security crackdown, in what appears to be a message to Iran. Khalilzad sought to reinforce Washington's message that Tehran should keep hands off Iraq, where it has enormous influence with the majority Shiite population.
Iran is ruled by a Shiite theocracy