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by QuestionGirl • 12:12 pm

From Yahoo News alerts:

Saturday, January 12, 2008, 1:15 AM PST
CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait (AP) The top U.S. commander in Iraq says attacks there linked to Iranian explosive devices have sharply increased.

I DON’T THINK SO!! You have to wonder why the rhetoric has been stepped up since Bush’s visit to Israel. I’m guessing this latest report of Iranian explosive devices is bullshit, just like it was bullshit last year. Another recycled lie. C’mon, the least you could do is come up with some NEW propaganda!!

From the February 16,2007 LA Times:

EFPs, which have proved especially deadly for U.S. troops in Iraq - are made in Iran and exported to Iraq. But in November, U.S. troops raiding a Baghdad machine shop came across a pile of copper disks, 5 inches in diameter, stamped out as part of what was clearly an ongoing order. This ominous discovery, unreported until now, makes it clear that Iraqi insurgents have no need to rely on Iran as the source of EFPs.

The truth is that EFPs are simple to make for anyone who knows how to do it. Far from a sophisticated assembly operation that might require state supervision, all that is required is one of those disks, some high-powered explosive (which is easy to procure in Iraq) and a container, such as a piece of pipe. I asked a Pentagon analyst specializing in such devices how much each one would cost to make. “Twenty bucks,” he answered after a brief calculation. “Thirty at most.”

And then today we get this from CNN:

EFPs are more sophisticated and deadlier than the typical improvised explosive devices (IED) used by insurgents as roadside bombs to attack convoys and foot patrols until last year. EFPs use components manufactured in Iran and militants are trained in Iran to use them, the U.S. military has said.

Obviously CNN and evey other news outlet are most comfortable reporting any lies and fantasies this administration feeds them as truth…… without doing any fact checking.

Tags: EFPs, CNN
Filed: Propaganda

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