Major Weber said the use of precision copper discs combined with passive infrared sensors amounted to “a no-brainer” that the explosive components were of Iranian origin, because no one has used that sort of configuration except Iranian-backed Shiite militias.
Could copper discs be manufactured with the required precision in Iraq? “You can never be certain,” Major Weber said. But he said that “having studied all these groups, I’ve only seen E.F.P.’s used in two areas of the world: The Levant and here,” meaning in Hezbollah areas of Lebanon and in Iraq. Hezbollah is thought to be armed and trained by Iran.
If, as the article states, US officials believe the weapons cache found in Hilla amounts to the "best evidence yet", they still don't have much to stand on, do they?
Just how much more of this propaganda will we have to put up with while the Bush administration tries so desperately to make a case for Iranian government involvement in Iraq so it can justify an attack on that country?
Maybe the US military should just focus on fighting the damn war in Iraq instead of producing these dog and pony weapons shows for the media.
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