Friday, February 09, 2007

Gates: Gates: U.S. can prove Iran support of insurgents in Iraq

A Mahdi Army member with a rocket-propelled grenade launcher

SEVILLE, Spain -- Serial numbers and markings on explosives used in Iraq provide "pretty good" evidence that Iran is providing either weapons or technology for militants there, Defense Secretary Robert Gates asserted Friday.

Offering some of the first public details of evidence the military has collected, Gates said, "I think there's some serial numbers, there may be some markings on some of the projectile fragments that we found," that point to Iran.

Read the rest at the Washington Post

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