It’s very important to drill into the mind of the average American just how evil all of Iran is (even [perhaps] when just a handful of Iranians are helping to arm Iraqi dissidents). Keep on driving it home and, eventually, it becomes just another excuse filled with ‘truthiness’ (think ‘WMDs’) to further the republican/neocon agenda in the middle east… whatever that may be.

Petraeus: Iran still fueling war

Petraeus says Iran must prove it is no longer supplying weapons to Iraq militias.

FORWARD OPERATING BASE CALDWELL, Iraq (CNN) – Although America’s top general in Iraq called al Qaeda “the wolf closest to the sled,” he said sectarian fighting among militias fueled by Iran could be the biggest long-term challenge for Iraq.
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“Al Qaeda remains the wolf closest to the sled, if you will. The enemy that is always bent on reigniting sectarian violence, causing the most horrific casualties, damaging the infrastructure in the most difficult way. So you cannot lose focus on al Qaeda.”

But, Petraeus added, there was “no question” that Iranian arms were ending up in the hands of the Iraqi militias and there was “no debate” that six Iranians detained by the U.S. military in northern Iraq are Iranian Quds force members, the Iranian unit accused by the United States of training and arming insurgents.

“There’s no question, absolutely no question that Iran is providing advanced RPGs [rocket-propelled grenades], RPG 29s,” Petraeus said.

“It has provided some shoulder-fired, Stinger-like air-defense missiles. It has provided the explosively formed projectiles and it has provided 244 mm rockets, in addition to mortars, mortar rounds and other small-arms ammunition.”

Petraeus also said the Iranians “are implicated in the assassination of some governors in the southern provinces.”

-Jim Clancy, CNN

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