Whistling past Iran

The AP (by way of the Wall Street Journal) is telling us that Iran’s foreign minister, Manouchehr Mottaki, said that the US is in no position to invade Iran;

“We do not see America in a position to impose another crisis on its tax payers inside America by starting another war in the region,” Mr. Mottaki told reporters.

Hey, I got news for ya, Junior, it’s all the same war. Yeah, the war began over Hussein, but he’s gone now. Because Iranians couldn’t resist killing Americans, they’ve created their own war in the Middle East post-Hussein. 

The International Tribune reports that in a raid in Hilla, US troops found more evidence of Iran’s involvement;

The new evidence includes infrared sensors, electronic triggering devices, and information about plastic explosives used in bombs that the Americans say leads directly back to Iran. The explosive material, triggering devices, other components, and the method of assembly all produce weapons with an Iranian signature that has never been found outside Iraq or southern Lebanon, where Hezbollah is believed to have used weapons supplied by Iran, the Americans say.

This is just phase two of the war. It’s been suspected for years that most of the Taliban leaders went to Iran after the US-backed attack drove them from power, and now weapons and explosives designed particularly to kill US troops are believed to be coming from there. And they’re apparently shielding Mookie al-Sadr from his inevitable demise.

Of course the International Tribune throws in some doubt that it’s really Iran that’s involved;

But critics assert that nearly all the bomb components could have been produced in Iraq or somewhere else in the region. Even if the evidence were to establish that Iran is the source, they add, that does not necessarily mean that the Iranian leadership is responsible.

But an expert says of the copper disc components of some of the devices;

Could copper discs be manufactured with the required precision in Iraq? “You can never be certain,” Weber said. But he said that “having studied all these groups, I’ve only seen EFPs used in two areas of the world: The Levant and here,” meaning Hezbollah areas of Lebanon and in Iraq. Hezbollah is thought to be directly armed and trained by Iran.

The Iranian government has brought this inevitable war on themselves.

Category: Terror War