So Just What Is Iran Up to Anyway?

So Just What Is Iran Up to Anyway?

By John Jessup
CBN News
January 31, 2007

CBNNews.com - WASHINGTON- The accusations against Iran are coming from the highest level of government and include some Iraqis, too.

On Capitol Hill, the man who's preparing to direct U.S. policy in Iraq for the State Department says Iran is making progress in Iraq difficult.

"We have increasing evidence that they have been providing lethal assistance to extremist Shia groups in that country," said John Negroponte, director of National Intelligence.

Iran denies those charges, but they're getting harder to escape.

This week, a top U.S. general in Iraq told USA Today Tehran is supplying militia groups with katyusha rockets, explosively formed projectiles, and rocket propelled grenades strong enough to pierce through armor. The military has been able to trace them back to Iran through serial numbers.

There's also a report that the attackers responsible for the deaths of five American soldiers in Karbala earlier this month may have been trained and financed by Iran.

Bush, in an interview with ABC News, said the U.S. will deal with Iran to protect U.S. forces in the region.

"Some are trying to take my words and say, 'Well, what he's really trying to do is go invade Iran.' Nobody's talking about that. All options are on the table, of course, in anything. But to say that defending ourselves in Iraq means that… has some greater goal is just simply not the case," said Bush.

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