Killing Two Birds With One Bomb

Welcome to war 21st century style. One country
supplies both sides of another country's civil war
with arms and training then when both sides wear
each other down, then the country thats been fanning
the flames moves in and it's all over. But why supply
both sides you say? Because in this situation you have
a third party involved trying to keep the two sides apart.
It's like a referee between two fighters in the ring. Both
fighters are throwing punches but the ref is catching the
brunt of the blows and sooner or later the ref is going
to move out of the way. When that happens all hell
breaks loose. What I'd like to know is what should we do
now? Any suggestions.


The chief U.S. military spokesman in Iraq asserted Wednesday that Iranian-made arms, manufactured as recently as last year, have reached Sunni insurgents here, which if true would mark a new development in the four-year-old conflict.
Citing testimony from detainees in U.S. custody, Maj. Gen. William B. Caldwell said Iranian intelligence operatives were backing the Sunni militants inside Iraq while at the same time training Shiite extremists in Iran.

We have, in fact, found some cases recently where Iranian intelligence services have provided to some Sunni insurgent groups some support," Caldwell told reporters, adding that he was aware of only Shiite extremists being trained inside Iran. Caldwell cited a collection of munitions on a nearby table that he said were made in Iran and found two days ago in a majority-Sunni neighborhood in Baghdad.

Khalil Sadati, media adviser for the Iranian Embassy in Baghdad, denied his government was backing militant groups inside Iraq. "There's no such thing." Sadati said. "Why don't you ask the Americans why they continue to make accusations without any evidence?"
For months, U.S. officials have alleged that Iranian entities have provided Shiite militias with weapons, including potent roadside bombs the military calls EFPs, or explosively formed penetrators, that have killed dozens of U.S. soldiers. Wednesday marked the first time that U.S. officials have asserted that Sunni insurgents were also receiving arms from Iran.

It was unclear what motivation Iran, a Shiite theocracy, would have for backing Sunni insurgents, many of whom are staunchly anti-Iranian and fear the rise of Shiite power in the region. Critics have dismissed the U.S. assertions, saying that evidence provided so far gives no solid proof that Iran has supplied weapons to Iraqi militants.





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