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Update: Iranian weapons given to Bush's Iraqi allies... [VIDEO]
Before we get to the cowardly administration's masked men, a big caveat: Whether Iran was helping Shia insurgents or not, it's still not even a baby step toward a disastrous war. Read Joshua's post on why we would even care HERE.
Over the weekend the press actually had the gall to report that 3 unnamed defense and intel figures had proof that Iran was arming Shiite militias in Iraq. Unnamed. Why? Dunno. Just 'cause.
Yesterday, Peter Pace, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told Voice of America: "We know that the explosively formed projectiles are manufactured in Iran. What I would not say is the the Iranian Government per se knows about this." Video right....
Still, beware. If Pace were to have an epiphany tomorrow this would still be a relatively minor issue. The point here is that the intelligence was TOO WEAK FOR ANYONE TO GO ON RECORD IN SUPPORT OF IT.
Sorry for the shouting.
In the second video, CNN reports (HT: ThinkProgress) that whether the weapons came from high up or low down, whether it was known about by the Iranian government or not, it appears that Iranian manufactured weapons went to SCIRI, whom Bush has praised repeatedly....
Tagged as: peter pace, intelligence, iraq, iran
Evan Derkacz is an AlterNet editor. He writes and edits PEEK, the blog of blogs.
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