Wed Aug 10, 2:53 PM ET
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's interior minister said Wednesday that reports of deadly roadside bombs being smuggled into this country from Iran are exaggerated.
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On Tuesday, U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said some insurgent weapons are entering Iraq from Iran although it's unclear whether they were coming from elements of the Iranian government or from other parties.
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"This story has already been discredited.
Iraqi: Iran Smuggling Reports Exaggerated
Wed Aug 10, 2:53 PM ET
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's interior minister said Wednesday that reports of deadly roadside bombs being
smuggled into this country from Iran are exaggerated. "
You'd take the word of this guy:
"Interior Minister Bayan Jabr
Bayan Jabr became a Shiite activist while studying
engineering at Baghdad University in the 1970s.
He fled to Iran amid a Saddam crackdown on
Shiite political groups and joined the Supreme
Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI).
He later headed SCIRI's office in Syria. After
Saddam's fall, he became minister of housing and
reconstruction in the first U.S.-picked provisional
cabinet. He is a senior member in the Shiite United
Iraqi Alliance."
http://www.cbsnews.com/elements/2005/04/12/iraq/whoswho687537_0_7_person.shtml
...over Rumsfeld?
Interesting...