Iran ends support of Iraq’s insurgents

In the Washington Times this morning, Sara Carter writes that Iran has apparently ended their support of the insurgency in Iraq;

Iran’s leaders are no longer supplying weapons or training to Islamic militants in Iraq, the spokesman for the top U.S. commander in Iraq told The Washington Times.

Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, sees Iran as following through on assurances it made to Iraqi and U.S. officials last fall not to assist extremists in Iraq, spokesman Col. Steven Boylan said, adding that other U.S. officials have noted declines in Iranian weapons and funds to Iraqi insurgents.
“We are ready to confirm the excellence of the senior Iranian leadership in their pledge to stop the funding, training, equipment and resourcing of the militia special groups,” Col. Boylan said. “We have seen a downward trend in the signature-type attacks using weapons provided by Iran.”

Of course the reason that Iran stopped was not because they suddenly have a heart and wish peace for the Iraqi people, but more likely because they were losing their special forces officers in sweeps by coalition forces.

They were pretty well convinced they’d won a retreat by American forces when Democrats won the midterm elections last year. But then George Bush disappointed them and increased our defense of the Iraqi people and has nearly ended the insurgency. I’m sure Americans will remember this at the polls in November.

Category: Politics, Terror War