Wednesday, March 15, 2006

Operation Pants on Fire

From Bubble Boy: Some of the most powerful IEDs we're seeing in Iraq today includes components that came from Iran. Our Director of National Intelligence, John Negroponte, told the Congress, "Tehran has been responsible for at least some of the increasing lethality of anti-coalition attacks by providing Shia militia with the capability to build improvised explosive devises" in Iraq. Coalition forces have seized IEDs and components that were clearly produced in Iran. Such actions-along with Iran's support for terrorism and its pursuit of nuclear weapons-are increasingly isolating Iran, and America will continue to rally the world to confront these threats.

From the U.S. military: Asked whether the United States has proof that Iran's government was behind these developments, Marine Corps Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the military's Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a Pentagon briefing, "I do not, sir."


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