Pace Disputes Military Claims about Iranian Gov't in Iraq

Joan McCarter for Daily Kos

Daily Kos Staff

Monday February 12, 2007 · 3:39 PM PST

2007/02/12 · 15:39

Think Progress points to a critical Voice of America story highlighting Joint Cheif Chairman, General Peter Pace's questioning the Pentagon's statements that the Iranian government is providing weapons to Iraqi Shiite insurgents:

General Pace said he was not aware of the Baghdad briefing, and that he could not, from his own knowledge, repeat the assertion made there that the elite Quds brigade of Iran's Republican Guard force is providing bomb-making kits to Iraqi Shiite insurgents.

"We know that the explosively formed projectiles are manufactured in Iran. What I would not say is that the Iranian government, per se [specifically], knows about this," he said. "It is clear that Iranians are involved, and it's clear that materials from Iran are involved, but I would not say by what I know that the Iranian government clearly knows or is complicit."

Paces questioning of these claims suggests that the military might not be all that gung-ho to take on a third war in the region, particularly considering how horribly the administration has handled Afghanistan and Iraq. His is one strong voice of sanity that needs to be heard right now. Congress is also beginning to take note, and the House Intelligence Committee is holding a closed hearing on the issue Thursday.

Pace Disputes Military Claims about Iranian Gov't in Iraq

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