Then how do you explain this?
Intelligence Officials Say Weapons Responsible for Increasing U.S. Deaths in Iraq
"The signature is the same because they are exactly the same in production," says explosives expert Kevin Barry. "So it's the same make and model."
Great, its the same make and model. Want to say where it was made in that case then? A huge order from China or Russia (maybe even from America) during the Saddam years? Or doesn't he know which provides exactly zero evidence.
U.S. officials say roadside bomb attacks against American forces in Iraq have become much more deadly as more and more of the Iran-designed and Iran-produced bombs have been smuggled in from the country since last October.
This story has already been run before. I have zero military expertise but supposedly the increased destruction has been due to insurgents becoming knowledgeable about how to 'shape' the charge so that it can penetrate thick armour. They are still using the same type of decades old artilllary shells as before.
"I think the evidence is strong that the Iranian government is making these IEDs, and the Iranian government is sending them across the border and they are killing U.S. troops once they get there," says Richard Clarke, former White House counterterrorism chief and an ABC News consultant. "I think it's very hard to escape the conclusion that, in all probability, the Iranian government is knowingly killing U.S. troops."
ABC News: EXCLUSIVE: Iraq Weapons -- Made in Iran?
The evidence is strong..what evidence. Rumurs and allegations are proof of nothing. 'Its very hard to escape the conclusion that in all
probability' just about sums it up. He's in effect just admitted that they have no
evidence to back up the claims, only suspicions.
And this?
Quote:
Iranian Weapons Arm Iraqi Militias
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2006 — U.S. officials say they have found smoking-gun evidence of Iranian support for terrorists in Iraq: brand-new weapons fresh from Iranian factories. According to a senior defense official, coalition forces have recently seized Iranian-made weapons and munitions that bear manufacturing dates in 2006.
I'd be interested to know who they seized these things from, if true. But if so it could be evidence, just depends who sold the stuff, who it was given to, who was using it etc.
This suggests, say the sources, that the material is going directly from Iranian factories to Shia militias, rather than taking a roundabout path through the black market. "There is no way this could be done without (Iranian) government approval," says a senior official.
Iran can completely seal its border with Iraq but the Iraqi govt with thousands of American troops can't seal its own side, very doubtfull. There are lots of possibilities about how/if this happened but the official disregards these in order to promote his pre-determined conclusion.
Iranian-made munitions found in Iraq include advanced IEDs designed to pierce armor and anti-tank weapons. U.S. intelligence believes the weapons have been supplied to Iraq's growing Shia militias from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, which is also believed to be training Iraqi militia fighters in Iran.
ABC News: EXCLUSIVE: Iranian Weapons Arm Iraqi Militia
If they know this for a fact why use the phrase 'believe'?
Of course its a possibilty this may be occuring but this is the same sort of 'proof' that we had in relation to WMD in Iraq. All maybes, buts, ifs, beliefs, possibles etc etc.
Fact is we have proof of nothing...why not just say we suspect Iran may be helping arm Shia groups in Iraq instead of lieing and saying we have proof it is doing so?
Looks like someone is definately trying to push the agenda forward here.
