BAGHDAD, May 4, 2008

Iraq: No Evidence Iran Is Arming Shiites

Top Official Says Reports That Militants Received Weapons From Tehran Are Not "Conclusive"

  • Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh (seen here in 2007) said that

    Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh (seen here in 2007) said that "There is no conclusive evidence" that rockets seized from Shiite militias were supplied by Iran, as has been alleged by the United States government.  (AP Photo/Ali Abbas, Pool)

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(AP)  A top Iraqi official said Sunday there was no "conclusive" evidence that Shiite extremists have been directly supplied with some Iranian arms as alleged by the United States.

Government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said Iraq does not want trouble with any country, "especially Iran."

Al-Dabbagh was commenting on talks this week in Tehran between an Iraqi delegation and Iranian authorities aimed at halting suspected Iranian aid to some Shiite militias.

Asked about reports that some rockets made in 2007 or 2008 and seized in raids against militias were directly supplied by Iran, al-Dabbagh replied: "There is no conclusive evidence."

Al-Dabbagh said Iraq wants friendly ties with Iran and stressed both countries share common interests.

"We can't ignore or deny we are neighbors. We do not want to be pushed in a struggle with any country, especially Iran," he told a news conference.

"We are fed up with past tensions that we have paid a costly price for because some parties have pushed Iraq (in the past) to take an aggressive attitude to Iran."

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by j-whitman May 7, 2008 3:31 PM EDT
Anyone want a Bush 3 in old John ???
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by j-whitman May 7, 2008 3:25 PM EDT
odendin,,,, Republicans in Orlando are only concerned with Disney World & filling their pockets from the Global War on Terror.
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by wardoglrs May 7, 2008 3:11 PM EDT
Bush will burn for this along with there little doggie
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by trishab4 May 7, 2008 3:29 AM EDT
Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh (seen here in 2007) said that "There is no conclusive evidence" that rockets seized from Shiite militias were supplied by Iran, as has been alleged by the United States government. (AP Photo/Ali Abbas, Pool)

-Liar-Liar Bush is smacked again and again. Or maybe the intelligence was not really originating from CIA headquarters? Did it originate form the Headoffice of Moooosssssaaaddd?
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by odendin May 6, 2008 1:57 PM EDT
if any of you are in the orlando area and dont buy this ''we''re winning ***''

write me at odendin@aol.com
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by veteran72 May 6, 2008 12:51 PM EDT
As in the lead up to the Illegal Invasion and Occupation in Iraq, facts will be ignored by the Corporate/Government Owned MSM, and cases will be made without any evidence whatsoever, for the Illegal Invasion and Occupation of Iran.
They won''t be satisfied till we are at War with the rest of the World, so justification for a "Fanal Solution" can be made.
Haliburton Death Camps will run ovens night and day burning the bodies.
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by swwils May 6, 2008 9:32 AM EDT
What do they seem to be waiting for,a nuke to bite them.These people mean nothing but harm towards Irag,and America.Strike now while we can.
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by singingrick May 6, 2008 3:51 AM EDT


corey2444


Like the Iraqi WMD threat?

You find any of that Nigerian yellow cake?

No?

Check under your bed.

lol!


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by firststate May 6, 2008 1:46 AM EDT
No evidence equals complete certainty to the DickNBusg crowd. Ask McGeorge.
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by joecoolswat May 5, 2008 10:20 PM EDT
I''m not making fun of the guardsman. I can''t find the video
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by j-whitman May 5, 2008 10:07 PM EDT
Catch you another time, I''ve got things to do.
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by j-whitman May 5, 2008 10:04 PM EDT
JoeCoolSwat,,,, Making fun at our troops isn''t too awful patriotic is it ??? These are National Guardsmen & have lost members of their unit in some pretty fierce engagements.

All of their video''s still have go make it past the CENCOM PR people.
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by joecoolswat May 5, 2008 10:00 PM EDT
Where is the video from the Canadian and Salavadorian national guardsman being left on the side of the road ? (just kidding). where is the click
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by j-whitman May 5, 2008 9:55 PM EDT
JoeCoolSwat,,,, In that video, the only thing that is supplied to those troops flming it are the cameras, & laptops to send it.
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by joecoolswat May 5, 2008 9:52 PM EDT
I am watching it, but PBS ? that is left-wing to the max...I''ll need a shower after this. Where exactly is the video on this page ?
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by j-whitman May 5, 2008 9:51 PM EDT
JoeCoolSwat,,,, You are trying to plant roses where flowers won''t grow dude ---- It is the Wild Wild West for contractors, there is massive fraud & that''s treason in my book this GOP choses to ignore.
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by joecoolswat May 5, 2008 9:48 PM EDT
j-whitman...There is something very common which is "beyond resonable repair". Often, the cost to repair the equipment is almost as much as the cost of new, therefore replaced rather than repaired. Burned rather than getting into enemy hands. Or do you believe it is all done to line the pockets ?
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by j-whitman May 5, 2008 9:46 PM EDT
JoeCool --- Here you go, right from our troops, via Frontline;

Bad Voodoo''s War

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/badvoodoo/
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by j-whitman May 5, 2008 9:43 PM EDT
Joe,,, Hang on, I''m getting you the video.
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by j-whitman May 5, 2008 9:42 PM EDT
JoeCool,,, Repariable equipment gets dumped & burned by our contractors, very little is repaired, it''s replaced with new
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