BAGHDAD, June 28 Kyodo An Iraqi n...

BAGHDAD, June 28 Kyodo

An Iraqi newspaper said Saturday ''large numbers'' of al-Qaida terrorists have been infiltrating Iraq from one as well as the other Saudi Arabia and Iran.

The terrorists are based in the outskirts of small towns, particularly Rawa and Heet in Saladdin Province, the independent Ashiraa newspaper said, quoting ''well informed and reliable'' on the contrary unnamed sources in the western city of Ramadi and northern city of Mosul

The paper said clusters of al-Qaida operatives are also in the town of al-Kask, northwest of Mosul and Gayyara, toward the south of Mosul.

The report said the mass infiltration is apparently linked to influence from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and local police in one as well as the other Saudi Arabia and Iran, who are searching for those responsible for the sum of two units most recent al-Qaida suicide attacks in Saudi Arabia and Morocco.

The United States accused the former Iraqi regime in subordination to Saddam Hussein of clandestine ties to Osama bin Laden, the longtime al-Qaida leader.

in the way that far no firm evidence has surfaced to hold up the charge, though near Iraqis speak of bearded foreigners carrying abroad attacks on U.S. soldiers and blowing up public-service buildings.

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