US forces arrest more Iraqis 'smuggling bombs from Iran'

[Barrett808]

Source: AFP

BAGHDAD (AFP) - US forces on Friday seized 16 more Iraqis suspected of smuggling armour-piercing bombs from Iran, the military said, in the latest in a series of raids in the Baghdad Shiite suburb Sadr City.

The arrests came one day after US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice exchanged brief remarks with her Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki at talks on Iraq in Egypt, the first such encounter since 1980.

Friday's US military news release had near identical phrasing to two previous statements on Sadr City raids on Thursday and on April 27, and fits an emerging US policy of attempting to tie violence in Iraq to Iranian sponsors.

"The individuals targeted during the raid are suspected members of a secret cell terrorist network known for facilitating the transport of weapons and explosively formed penetrators, or EFPs, from Iran to Iraq," it said.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070504/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrestusiran

[wakeme2008]

1. In other words

Guys in IRAQ were found with bombs and the US Military are claiming they "suspect" the bombs came from Iran... :grr:

[gratuitous]

2. You doubt this account?

Do you want them to show you the bomb receipts from the Teheran Home Depot? Gosh, you people are so suspicious. What happened to the days when the Bush administration could jump out and yell "Fear!" and everyone would wet their pants, like good little Americans?

[wakeme2008]

3. I ran out of Depends

:rofl:

[CJ5]

4. Bomb making materials were not readily available

prior to the invasion its not a stretch to believe they are coming from neighbor.

[Roland99]

5. Damn, they spinning something fierce!! IRAN! AL QAEDA! IRAN! AL QAEDA!!

BOOO!!!