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Iran Sending Bomb Parts To Iraqi Insurgents

February 12, 2007 | By Sniper One |

I’ve reported that Iran has been sending IED parts into Iraq for months. So it comes as no surprise to me that this is finally being confirmed by Centcom.

BAGHDAD, Iraq — High-tech roadside bombs that have proved particularly deadly to American soldiers are manufactured in Iran and delivered to Iraq on orders from the “highest levels” of the Iranian government, a senior intelligence officer said Sunday.

The officer, briefing reporters on condition he not be further identified, said that between June 2004 and last week, more than 170 Americans had been killed by the bombs, which the military calls “explosively formed projectiles.”

Those weapons are capable of destroying an Abrams tank.

The officer said American intelligence analysts believe the EFPs are manufactured in Iran and smuggled into Iraq on orders from the top of the Iranian government. He did not elaborate.

U.S. officials have alleged for years that weapons were entering the country from Iran but had stopped short of alleging involvement by top Iranian leaders.

The U.S. officer said Iran was working through surrogates — mainly “rogue elements” of the Shiite Mahdi Army — to smuggle the EFPs into Iraq. He said most of the components are entering Iraq near Amarah, the Iranian border city of Meran, and the Basra area of southern Iraq.

The U.S. officer said American authorities had briefed Iraq’s Shiite-led government on Iran’s involvement and Iraqi officials had asked the Iranians to stop. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, a Shiite, has said he told both the U.S. and Iran that he does not want his country turned into a proxy battlefield.

Once again, I thought this was common knowledge.

Democrats are responding as you would expect…

Leading the skeptics are Jay Rockefeller and Silvestre Reyes, the new chairs for the Senate and House intel committees. Rockefeller called it “Iraq all over again” after President Bush announced the surge earlier this month, suggesting that the administration either cooked up the evidence or is deliberately overreading it to justify action against Iran. Reyes took a softer tone, but said he wanted to investigate claims that Iran has manufactured IEDs used to attack American forces and kill American troops.

As I have stated in a previous post:

 I do not believe for a second that he would do it because of the political situation in Congress. Congress may not have the backbone to pass a meaningful resolution to defund the war at the moment, however if Iran is hit, I believe it will have a rallying effect on the anti-War politicians and a resolution to defund the war will pass.

Short of a pre-emptive attack by Iran against US interests, I don’t forsee any military action against the Islamic State. I don’t think Bush is going to be stupid enough to incite Congress to defund Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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Filed Under: 110th Congress, Foward In Iraq, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Silvestre Reyes, Iran, News of the Day, Prime minister Nouri al-Maliki

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    1. beth on February 12, 2007 21:43

      The guys on the ground know this - but no one seems to be listening. I’m glad it’s finally being brought out in the open.

      [Sniper One: Yep, I've known about the Iranian IED parts since last December. I almost miss being in the green zone.]

    2. “7.62mm Justice” ™ » Iran To Get Nukes… on February 13, 2007 10:26

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