Skeptics Doubt U.S. Evidence on Iran’s Actions in Iraq

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/13/world/middleeast/13weapons.html?hp&ex=1171342800&en=807e1132fc3d3585&ei=5094&partner=homepage

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 — Three weeks after promising it would show proof of Iranian meddling in Iraq, the Bush administration has laid out its evidence — and received in return a healthy dose of skepticism.

U.S. Says Arms Link Iranians to Iraqi Shiites (February 12, 2007)
Deadliest Bomb in Iraq Is Made by Iran, U.S. Says (February 10, 2007) The response from Congressional and other critics speaks volumes about the current state of American credibility, four years after the intelligence controversy leading up to the Iraq war. To pre-empt accusations that the charges against Iran were politically motivated, the administration rejected the idea of a high-level presentation, relying instead on military and intelligence officers to make its case in a background briefing in Baghdad.

Even so, critics have been quick to voice doubts. Representative Silvestre Reyes of Texas, the Democratic chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, suggested that the White House was more interested in sending a message to Tehran than in backing up serious allegations with proof. And David Kay, who once led the hunt for illicit weapons in Iraq, said the grave situation in Iraq should have taught the Bush administration to put more of a premium on transparency when it comes to intelligence.

“If you want to avoid the perception that you’ve cooked the books, you come out and make the charges publicly,” Mr. Kay said.

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Funny how the US "media" -#53 in Freedom of the Press world ranking- never bothers to point such facts out.

This is a sore spot for many, many people. Fool me once and all that.

MKJ

I am sure we use 81mm shells. With the Military equipment Iran has most coming from China and the former U.S.S.R if I remember right they use 82mm shells. What Gates showed was 81mm shells. I smell a fish here

The year 2006 won't come to Iran for a long assed time since it is only 1385 there now.

http://www.iranchamber.com/calendar/iranian_calendar_converter.php

looks like a fat guy with a lamp shade for a hat, and shorts around his ankles.

For a moment I thought it was from The Onion.

Life of the party, no doubt. If your your on the sender's side of things.

Otherwise a bad day is coming your way.

"Skeptics"...should be "Any thinking human being's on the planet" I just love the word-play..

NY Times truely is a joke. Their reporting these last couple of days has been atrocious.

This is like accusing the Russians of arming the insurgents because they use AK-47s.