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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Monday, February 12, 2007

More on the Iraq-Iran "evidence"

OK, at the briefing where the "evidence" was presented against Iran, can someone tell me why Major General William Caldwell, the constant spokesman for US forces in Iraq, was granted anonymity as one of the "three senior US military officers" involved in the briefing? (E&P)

Also: Matteo points to this VOA piece where Gen. Pace refuses to endorse the anonymously given press briefing.
"We know that the explosively formed projectiles are manufactured in Iran. What I would not say is that the Iranian government, per se (specifically), knows about this," he said. "It is clear that Iranians are involved, and it's clear that materials from Iran are involved, but I would not say by what I know that the Iranian government clearly knows or is complicit."

Also: TPM has the powerpoint slides from the presentation.

And, Don't miss this one via ThinkProgress.

(WaPo) "One ambassador in Washington said he was taken aback when John Hannah, Vice President Cheney’s national security adviser, said during a recent meeting that the administration considers 2007 “the year of Iran” and indicated that a U.S. attack was a real possibility."

4 Comments:

  • What I wanna know is why does the evidence have english writing and dates on it, as opposed to Farsi/Islamic writings/dates? How dumb do they think we are?

    By Blogger Lew Scannon, at 4:30 PM  

  • Actually, that is a requirement under international arms agreements, however, if Iran really wanted to do this you would think they could take off the serial number or produce some without print.

    Mike

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 5:35 PM  

  • You know why Iran is only "suspected" as being a leader in supplying terrorists around the world? Because they don't stamp their hardware "Made in Iran."

    By Blogger -epm, at 7:17 PM  

  • That's what I'm sayin'. What purpose do they accomplish by leaving this trail at a huge cost.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 9:16 PM  

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