Top American General (Peter Pace) Disputes US Military Claim on Iran

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By Al Pessin
Canberra, Australia
12 February 2007

The top American military officer, General Peter Pace, declined Monday to endorse the conclusions of U.S. military officers in Baghdad, who told reporters on Sunday that the Iranian government is providing high-powered roadside bombs to insurgents in Iraq. General Pace made his comments during a visit to Australia, and VOA's Al Pessin reports from Canberra.

General Pace said he was not aware of the Baghdad briefing, and that he could not, from his own knowledge, repeat the assertion made there that the elite Quds brigade of Iran's Republican Guard force is providing bomb-making kits to Iraqi Shiite insurgents.

"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."

http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-02-12-voa20.cfm?rss=politics


Over 2,953 US deaths in Iraq besides the 170 Bush blames on Iran
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=188564&mesg_id=188564

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[bdamomma]

1. What BS, do they really think we are going to buy into this

BS again. Where is the diplomatic talks??? This government is totally out of control.

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2. the offices of our diplomacy have been infected by "Vulcans"

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4. I think Spock

would take SERIOUS issue with this!
Klingons, maybe..... They were the mean nasty ones.
:shrug:

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6. The Vulcans

The Vulcans, formed in 1999, were "a volunteer team of foreign policy experts that advised then Texas Governor George W. Bush on international affairs."

"When he was running for office, President Bush faced repeated challenges over his lack of experience in international affairs. For his campaign, he assembled a core group of foreign policy aides: Richard Armitage, Condoleezza Rice, and Paul Wolfowitz. The three dubbed themselves 'the Vulcans,' after the Roman god of fire, conveying an image of 'power, toughness, resilience and durability.'

"After the election, each became an integral member of Mr. Bush's foreign policy team, along with Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of State Colin Powell and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. In his book The Vulcans, James Mann describes the shared vision that unites the Vulcans, despite occasional policy differences between members of the group."

The Vulcans

* Richard Armitage
* Dick Cheney
* Colin L. Powell
* Condoleezza Rice
* Donald Rumsfeld
* Paul D. Wolfowitz
* Dov S. Zakheim

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Vulcans

[caseycoon]

10. AHA!

One is never to old to learn. Sad though... up til right now I always LIKED Vulcans. LOL!
Those particular people I have already learned to hate.
Let's hope the 'power, toughness, resilience and durability' doesn't last much longer.
:grr:

Thanks for the info!

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11. they say they got the name from a statue of the Roman god in Rice's hometown

[LSK]

5. the freepers are eating it up like popcorn

Thankfully they are in the minority now.

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7. it's all they have to reassure them of the coming rapture

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3. who's running this menagerie?

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8. .

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9. "The Baghdad Briefing" - secret indentity of briefer.

General Pace knew nothing about it, and whomever gave it is not allowed to be revealed. WTF??? If that isn't suspicious enough to discredit the information provided, I don't know what is.