Lynch: Waiting to see if Iran slowed arms flow

[unhappycamper]

Lynch: Waiting to see if Iran slowed arms flow
By Kim Gamel - The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Nov 21, 2007 21:53:45 EST

BAGHDAD — The top U.S. commander in the area southeast of Baghdad that borders Iran said Wednesday that the military is in a “wait-and-see mode” over whether Iran will live up to its promises of stemming the flow of weapons into Iraq.

Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch, who commands the U.S. Army’s 3rd Infantry Division, said the number of attacks in his area has decreased significantly in recent months, including those caused by explosively formed penetrators, an armor-piercing roadside bomb that the American military believes is supplied to Shiite militias by Tehran — a charge the Iranians deny.

But, he said, his troops continue to find Iranian munitions and he remained concerned about Iranian influence and training of Shiite extremists.

“We’re really in a wait-and-see mode to see whether or not there’s specific progress. It’s something we watch all the time,” Lynch told The Associated Press during an interview after a ceremony at a former Saddam Hussein-era palace at Camp Victory to re-enlist 281 members of his division on its 90th anniversary.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, a Shiite, received a promise from the Iranians in August that they would curb the flow of weapons to the extremists, Iraqi officials have said. But Lynch and other U.S. commanders have said it is too soon to tell whether that pledge is behind a sharp decline in violence in Baghdad and surrounding areas.

“I’m still finding Iranian rockets and explosively formed penetrators that are traceable back to Iran,” he said referring to a lethal type of roadside bomb that the American military believes is supplied to Shiite militias by Tehran — a charge the Iranians deny.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/11/ap_lynchiran_071121/

[sam sarrha]

1. there are undoubtedly russian and chinese weapons too..lets bomb them too. i am sure there are

several plane loads, of the weapons we 'lost'.. guess we have to bomb ourselves too