It has been known for a long time that Iran was providing terrorist training, conventional and advanced weaponry with someone elses help. If I remember correctly about 12 months ago an Abhrams tank was totally disabled in spite of its thick armor. The round penetrated the hull, raised the temperature inside of the tank and hurt the personnel inside. This technology came from somewhere. Russia and Iran are in cahoots
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1012242/posts. The Iraquis do not possess this type of technology. This amplifies my previous post.