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Iranian IEDs: MVP of Global Jihad?
Bubbling to the surface is increased open discussion of Iranian arming, training and funding of Shia militias in Iraq, namely al-Sadrs Mahdi Army band of thugs and the Badr Brigades that are more dominant in and around the Basra area of southern Iraq. The latest evidence being cited are weapons with Iranian manufacturer labels with 2006 date-stamps. Included are anti-tank rockets and precision-milled and shaped IEDs. But the IED moniker is a misnomer in this instance, because the armor-piercing molten copper explosives are designed specifically to defeat the armor on M1 Abrams tanks and retrofitted HMMVs. Theres nothing improvised about these explosive devices. And they are Iranian-made, Iranian-delivered and designed to kill American and British troops in their armored vehicles.The existence of evidence is not new, though the specific evidence of Iranian manufacturing labels on anti-tank rockets may well be. Iran has been suspected of shipping the milled molten-copper explosives since at least October 2005. In fact, entire shipments of the Iranian bombs have been captured near the Iran-Iraq border earlier this year and reported on as early as March. 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 its very hard to escape the conclusion that, in all probability, the Iranian government is knowingly killing U.S. troops. Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-12-04 |
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