Petraeus: Iran Training, Arming Militants (also suicide bombers are streaming in from Syria)

[maddezmom]

Petraeus: Iran Training, Arming Militants

NEW YORK - The top U.S. commander in Iraq said in an interview released Monday that it's "indisputable" Iran is training and arming militants to fight against U.S.-led troops in Iraq.

Gen. David Petraeus also told ABC News that suicide bombers are streaming across Iraq's border from Syria and making their way into the country's volatile western Anbar province.

His comments follow a harsh exchange of words over the weekend between the U.S. and Iran at a conference in Baghdad on Iraq's security. The U.S. envoy to the talks, David Satterfield, said he had evidence that Iran was arming Shiite Muslim militias in Iraq, which his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi, vehemently denied. He called such accusations a "cover" for U.S. failures in Iraq.

At the conference, both Iran and Syria pledged to support moves to stabilize Iraq, including reconciliation among Iraq's factions. But U.S. and Iraqi leaders have questioned Iran's commitment to backing such American-led efforts.

more:http://www.lompocrecord.com/articles/2007/03/13/ap/international/d8nr2l500.txt

:eyes: Beating the drum again

full interview here:

http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=2945718&page=1&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312

[IChing]

1. God, that is so Gay did he tell General Pace?

did he tell his leader?

My snowflake child is ready to sign up.

[aquart]

2. Syria? We gonna invade Syria? Send George in a tank.

[eridani]

3. Right. Shias are arming the Sunni resistance.

And I'm Marie of Roumania.

[Warren Stupidity]

4. "streaming across Iraq's border"?

I just saw a 60 minutes piece that showed a syrian border area. Oddly there was indeed a vast stream of cars - all leaving Iraq. Nobody was going in the other direction. I guess all of those cars were going to pick up the hordes of suicide bombers and bring them back to Iraq.

Iran certainly provides support to the shiite militias in Iraq. Those militias are currently NOT fighting US forces and the lying sack of shit Patraeus knows that. We can of course change this situation so that they are fighting us. Perhaps that is the plan?

[LiberalFighter]

5. You are suppose to tape it and then view it in reverse

That will prove the Iranians are crossing Syria's border

[Zynx]

6. This is true, as much as some people here don't want to read it. Doesn't mean war, but...

Anyone with any knowledge of the situation in Iraq knows that Iran is heavily connected to several of the bigger Shi'a militias and has been for years. But we aren't fighting them, mostly.

And if you've got foreign Sunni fighters that want to get involved in Iraq, they are going in through Syria or Jordan because the southern border is either impassible (for most of it) or controlled by those same Shi'a militias, whereas Western Iraq is controlled by Sunnis.

[Barrett808]

7. But the insurgency is *overwhewlmingly* indigenous

A fact that the Bush mob is loathe to acknowledge. Sad to see Gen Petraeus drinking the Kool Aid.

[damntexdem]

8. U.S. arming soldiers and sending them to occupy Iraq!

But in its defense, it's not doing much to train them. ;-)