The Los Angeles Times reports today on the “scant evidence” of an Iran-Iraq arms link. And what evidence does the Times offer to back up this claim?
No surprise there, Iran is unlikely to funnel weapons and cash to Sunni insurgents (though it shouldn’t be ruled out). Still, the Times concedes “that U.S. forces have picked up specially shaped charges used to make roadside bombs capable of penetrating advanced armor . . . with markings that could be traced to Iran and dates that were recent.”
So, “the debate is over,” and every serious discussion of the IEDs focuses on the increased lethality of the devices owing to the influence of Iran–and the Times admits as much:
How on earth, then, does the Times run a story under the headline “Scant evidence found of Iran-Iraq arms link”?
