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Tue 02 Feb 2007Iran rejects US allegations that it is arming Iraqi ShiasIRAN:Iran has rejected US accusations that it is arming Shia militias in Iraq with sophisticated roadside bombs capable of piercing armour.The Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tehran opposed all military conflict within Iraq and claimed that the US was seeking to divert attention from its own failure.