First Panetta, Now Mullen Accuses Tehran of Arming Iraq Militias

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Source: Wall Street Journal

WASHINGTON—The top U.S. military officer accused Iran on Thursday of shipping new supplies of deadly weapons to its militia allies in Iraq, in what he described as Tehran's bid to take credit for forcing American troops to go home.

Adm. Michael Mullen, speaking to the Pentagon Press Association, said Iran had curtailed weapons shipments, including powerful rockets and roadside bombs, in 2008 but resumed them recently. Top-level officials in Tehran know about the weapons shipments, he said.

"Iran is very directly supporting extremist Shiite groups which are killing our troops," said Adm. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. "There is no question they are shipping high-tech weapons in there…that are killing our people. And the forensics prove that."

The Wall Street Journal first reported in its weekend editions that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was shipping arms to allies in Iraq and Afghanistan. Iranian officials interviewed for that article denied the charge.

more: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304793504576432312376139394.html

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Watch this to be tacked on as another reason to keep US troops in Iraq.

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1. Well, that's easily solved: Get our people out of there! n/t