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'Most of Iran's troops withdrawn from Lebanon'

LONDON, April 14 (IranMania) - Iran has withdrawn nearly all its estimated 2,000 troops from Lebanon where they deployed in 1982 and helped create the Shiite Muslim movement Hezbollah, The Washington Post said Wednesday.

US and European officials said only 12 to 50 Revolutionary Guards remain in Lebanon, as part of a phased withdrawal that began more than five years ago that has elicited surprise among officials of the administrations of US President George W. Bush and his predecessor Bill Clinton.

The daily said senior US officials as recently as Friday had estimated the Iranian troop presence in Lebanon at around 800, and that until last month the White House continued to press for the withdrawal from Lebanon of Iranian, as well as
Syrian, forces.
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