Iran Backs Attacks on U.S. Forces in Iraq, Casey Says

[ProSense]

Iran Backs Attacks on U.S. Forces in Iraq, Casey Says

(Update2)

June 22 (Bloomberg) -- Iran is increasingly providing weapons and training to Shiite extremist groups in Iraq who are attacking U.S. soldiers and Iraqi security forces, said General George Casey, the top American military commander in Iraq.

``We are quite confident that the Iranians, through their covert special operations forces, are providing weapons, IED technology and training, to Shiite extremist groups in Iraq,'' Casey said at a press briefing today with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia.

``Since January we have seen an upsurge in their support,'' said Casey. Iran's actions are ``decidedly unhelpful,'' he said.

Iran uses ``surrogates,'' including Hezbollah fighters from Lebanon, to provide materials to build bombs, train guerilla fighters and conduct attacks, Casey said. The insurgent training is being conducted in Iran and in some cases Lebanon, he said.

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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=abub_AOFK0q8

So the conflict is spreading? Didn't Bush say the situation has gotten better?

[Charlie Brown]

1. * has fulfilled the Mullahs' biggest wet-dream by creating a Shi'ite Iraq

We can thank the current administration for spreading fundamentalism to a previously secular state.

[robinlynne]

2. so let's get the hell out of Iraq.

[ProSense]

3. Maybe when Lieberman said stay and fight the enemy, he meant Iran! n/t

[joe_shmoe]

4. -- Sign this petition against military action against Iran --

It is with grave concern that I observe the growing threat of a new U.S. war--this time against the people of Iran.

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J-shmoe