Iran's Actions in Iraq Scrutinized (New Pentagon Report)

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Source: WSJ

Iran's Actions in Iraq Scrutinized
Pentagon Report Accuses
Tehran of Supplying Arms

WASHINGTON -- A Pentagon report will accuse Iran of continuing to funnel weapons and training personnel into Iraq, adding fuel to a heated debate among U.S. policy makers about whether Iran deserves any credit for the steep declines in Iraq's once-unrelenting violence.

The military assessment about Iraq, set to be released to Congress today, will paint a positive picture of Iraq's overall security situation, according to several officials familiar with its contents.

The report will cite data showing declines in the overall number of attacks on U.S. and Iraqi fatalities as well as improvements in basic services like electricity generation to argue that conditions on the ground in Iraq have markedly improved in the past six months, these officials said.

U.S. troop deaths, for instance, declined to 37 last month and 13 so far in December from 126 in May, while Iraqi fatalities have registered similar declines.

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1. What, no nukes? Must be some reason to invade Iran.

Sound familiar?

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2. They've floated this balloon before

Had to know they'd get back around to it.

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3. Yup. Yet not a word about attacking other countries where insurgents come from.