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    Iranian weapons in Iraq increasing, more lethal

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. military official says weapons flowing from Iran into Iraq are becoming more lethal and sophisticated, just as Washington and Baghdad are negotiating whether American troops will remain in the country beyond the years end.

    Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says top levels of the Iranian government are aware of the boost in weapons shipments to Shiite extremists who launch them against U.S. troops. He says the delivery of armor-piercing explosives and airborne homemade bombs has significantly increased in recent months.

    He says stability in Iraq is vital in the region. But he stopped short of saying that the loss of U.S. forces in Iraq, coupled with the increasing Iranian weapons, would make the country a national security risk for America.

     

    60 comments

    • ! ZORRO  •  10 mths ago
      Tell me again - how much safer is Iraq NOW after Saddam is gone ???????
      • K diddy 10 mths ago
        Just as safe as Egypt is and Libia soon will be and then onto Syria.
      • Just Me, Richard 10 mths ago
        Safe as milk and houses....
    • d c  •  10 mths ago
      Nice to see neighbors Iraq and Iran finally getting along after decades of hatred toward each other.
    • Charlie F  •  10 mths ago
      We can't get out of Iraq fast enough.
    • goat farmer  •  10 mths ago
      Pointing the finger at Iran just another way to mislead us into another war. Maybe this time we will find the weapons of mass destrucuction( Euro's for oil). Stop blaming others, when the true enamy is the Federal resevre!
      • E 10 mths ago
        IDIOT!
    • James  •  10 mths ago
      We went half way around the world and invaded Iraq based on lies. Iraq is basically Iran's backyard! Do you think if Russia had invaded Mexico, we would hvae just smiled at them and welcomed them to our backyard?!!

      Of course Iranians will do everything they can to protect their interest in the region! If we attack Iran, the Tomahawks, and Jdams won't even put a dent in the Iranian military's command and control(everything that they have is under ground). But they have tens of thousands of ballastic missiles that can destroy all of our military basis in the region! They have thousands of ant-ship cruise missiles that can easily sink our whole fleet in the Persian gulf and Arabian sea. They tested these cruise missiles in the 2006 Lebanon war against Israel, and destroyed two Corovette class Israeli battleships in the Lebanon's coast.

      No military force in the wolrd would dare engaging the Iranian Revolutionary guards! They may not have the military hardware to match the US military, but they are the masters of insurgency warfare!! Three columns (over 10000) of IDF tried entering Lebonan back in 2006, but they were crushed by IRGC, and couldn't even advance a mile passed the border!! If it was that easy to attack Iran, believe me, Bush would have done it long time ago!!!
      • Tommy Mccaviar 10 mths ago
        US would attack Iran but (vise versa) but if it did happen it would be a hell of a war
      • Owen 10 mths ago
        Iran would last a month at most if they started a war. They would have to go to insurgency after their country was occupied. That is the only chance they would have. Iraq and Iran fought a war for eight years. How long did Iraq's military last before the country was occupied?
    • NHL  •  10 mths ago
      Why can't the world see the Iranian Governement (not necessarily the people many of whom
      hate their Government) as the festering soar (or sewer) that it is. It is a shame that the U.S.
      & the world are weary from confronting lunetics & scum as this regime needs to go.
      Regardless of what they say, they ARE developing nuclear weapons & they support
      the worst of terrorists.
      • DB8 10 mths ago
        You buying? (regime change that is)
    • NR  •  10 mths ago
      How long are we going to fight all these wars that we are not going to win?
      • Just Me, Richard 10 mths ago
        Until the "job" is "done...." How long have we been fighting the "wars" on poverty and drugs? There is no end in sight.
    • Cosmos  •  10 mths ago
      NO MORE WARS!!
    • John  •  10 mths ago
      How dare they!? Oh, wait -- we did it to them first...more than once!
    • Omar Ravenhurst  •  10 mths ago
      Don't forget 2009-2010 Iranians attempted a revolution because they are unhappy with their leaders. Just like America, the government does not represent the people.
    • James M P  •  10 mths ago
      This same article has been published every year since 2003 and is the inevitable consequence of sectarian strife in the region. As predictable as sunrise
    • Michael  •  10 mths ago
      Iran will own Iraq in the near future. Then they will not stop until they virtually destroy everything in their path. They can't help themselves. They only know war and killing in the name of religion.
    • Brian B  •  10 mths ago
      Yeppers, Bush attacked the wrong country and here we are cash strapped and Iran knows it. Thanks Bush voters.
    • Tommy Mccaviar  •  10 mths ago
      enough with ignorant comments! get some information before you point fingers at iran.
    • Charlie F  •  10 mths ago
      Iran will collapse on its own if the Arab Spring is successful. The Iranians despise their religious and government leaders. The Iranian people understand the hypocrisy of their government. So, the US getting out of Iraq could actually hasten the downfall of the Iranian government.
    • Rich  •  10 mths ago
      ISLAM is a religion of treachery and the fountainhead of violence in today's world.
    • Big Oil is watching  •  10 mths ago
      F Iran... Maybe it is time to move all the troops from Iraq and Afghanistan into Iran and teach these scum a lesson. Still waiting for payback for 1979!!
    • Richard  •  10 mths ago
      It's time to stop this non-sense before its too late!!! TAKE THEM OUT!!!
    • .  •  10 mths ago
      IF we had a REAL MAN in the White House, instead of a community organizer, he would get IRAN on the phone and tell them, if the weapons dont stop coming to IRAQ immediately, then the CRUISE missles will send him back to the stone age. PROMPTLY.
    • Mike  •  10 mths ago
      Iran has a death wish. May we grant it to them soon!
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