Posted on 04/30/2008 5:54:18 PM PDT by freerepublic_or_die
CIA Director Michael Hayden said Wednesday that Iranian policy, at the highest government level, is to help kill Americans in Iraq, the boldest pronouncement of Iranian involvement by a U.S. official to date.
Hayden made the statement in response to a student question while delivering the Landon Lecture at Kansas State University.
"It is my opinion, it is the policy of the Iranian government, approved to highest level of that government, to facilitate the killing of Americans in Iraq," Hayden said. "Just make sure there's clarity on that."
In recent weeks, U.S. officials have ratcheted up their complaints that Iran is increasing its efforts to supply weapons and training to militants in Iraq.
Military commanders in Baghdad are expected to roll out evidence of that support soon, including date stamps on newly found weapons caches showing that recently made Iranian weapons are flowing into Iraq at a steadily increasing rate.
Another senior military official said the evidence will include mortars, rockets, small arms, roadside bombs and armor-piercing explosives — known as explosively formed penetrators or EFPs — that troops have discovered in caches in recent months. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the evidence has not yet been made public, said dates on some of the weapons were well after Tehran signaled late last year that it was scaling back aid to insurgents.
Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has said the U.S. prefers to resolve the issue through other pressures, but that it has the combat capability to strike Tehran, if necessary.
Hayden also said the recent Iraqi offensive in the southern Iraqi city of Basra should stand as a clear indication to Iraq's neighbors that it intends to be a credible force in the region.
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Do us all a favor; STOP T A L K I N G ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND A C T ON IT BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE! Kill Mookie Alsader and BOMB Iran; take out it's nuclear facilities, terrorist trianing camps, munitions and ied factories and everything else they are using to make war on the West and the free world. Otherwise, millions of people are going to die and millions more will be wounded.
My thoughts exactly. Profound Air Force thinking.
....The clock is ticking with Iran......
3. Let Petreaus get up to speed.
That will take some part of 90 days with hands on command.
That will be August.
Hillary is mouthing things about fighting. It is going to happen
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