Those Damn Iranians of Iraqi Origin Living In Iraq

Funny story about those explosively formed penetrators:

"Iraqi army soldiers swept into the city of Diwaniya early this morning to disrupt militia activity and return security and stability of the volatile city back to the government of Iraq," the U.S. military said in a statement.

Bleichwehl said troops, facing scattered resistance, discovered a factory that produced "explosively formed penetrators" (EFPs), a particularly deadly type of explosive that can destroy a main battle tank and several weapons caches.

I thought they all came from Iran. It simply can't be possible that the Bush Admnistration would stretch the truth to serve their political goals, right?

Of course, we'll see this spinned into how Iran just supplied the "technology and know-how" for the EFPs, which have been mostly used in Iraq by Sunnis, so somebody tell me why Shiites in Iran would be aiding Sunnis in Iraq who kill Shiites.

Meanwhile, another Iraqi-made weapon favored by insurgents, the chlorine bomb, killed 30 in Ramadi. We're doing an excellent job providing the training ground for the terrorists of the future.

We Found The Weapons of Mass Destruction

Four years later. Made with the stuff you put in pools.

BAGHDAD, March 17 — The American military command said today that two Iraqi police officers were killed on Friday and more than 350 people wounded or sickened in three suicide attacks in Anbar Province using trucks filled with chlorine gas.

Insurgents began combining explosives with chlorine gas and other chemicals earlier this year in an effort to sow more fear and havoc among the civilian population, military officials say. Before Friday, there had been at least three similar chlorine attacks since late January that sickened scores of Iraqis, and American military officials had warned that militants were likely to keep using the tactic.

This is just the beginning of cheap, homemade chemical weapons that elements of the insurgency will only improve upon. And this technique will be exporting through the underground of global terrorism.

A lot of Bush defenders say that we cannot leave Iraq because we will create a haven for terrorism.

We already have.

Why We Fight (the Wrong Enemy)

Let's take a look at the nature of the attacks in Iraq as of late.

Enemy fire felled an eighth US helicopter yesterday, and a ninth downing is being investigated. The Mujahedin Army took credit for yesterday's attack. The US military acknowledges that these have been pulled off by insurgent Sunnis.

In addition, Iraqi insurgents are now using chlorine gas bombs as chemical weapons, in addition to the explosives they use in truck bombs. This is also the work of Sunnis. An excerpt from the article:

The attacks offer a sweeping narrative on evolving tactics by Sunni insurgents who have proved remarkably adaptable.

Military officials worry extremists may have recently gained more access to firepower such as shoulder-fired anti-aircraft rockets and heavy machine guns — and more expertise to use them. The Black Hawk would be at least the eighth U.S. helicopter to crash or be taken down by hostile fire in the past month.

The gas cloud in Baghdad, meanwhile, suggests possible new and coordinated strategies by bombers trying to unleash toxic — and potentially deadly — materials. "Terrorists are using dirty means," said Brig. Gen. Qassim Moussawi, an Iraqi military spokesman.

Now, ask yourself: who is supplying the Sunni insurgents with the funding, weaponry, and technical know-how? Is it Shiite-dominated Iran? Or is it wealthy Sunnis in Gulf states like Saudi Arabia and Jordan?

And then, ask yourself how, once again, the United States could have the source of terrorist aggression exactly backwards.

And then you'll understand why acts of terrorism have increased seven-fold since the beginning of the war on terror. And even EXCLUDING Iraq and Afghanistan, terrorist acts have increased 35%. We have let old rivalries and older loyalties color our ability to confront actual threats. We are losing the war on terror.