AP/ February 11, 2009, 3:00 PM

Iraq: No Evidence Iran Is Arming Shiites

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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j-whitman says:
Anyone want a Bush 3 in old John ???
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j-whitman says:
odendin,,,, Republicans in Orlando are only concerned with Disney World & filling their pockets from the Global War on Terror.
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wardoglrs says:
Bush will burn for this along with there little doggie
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trishab4 says:
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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odendin says:
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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veteran72 says:
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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swwils says:
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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singingrick says:


corey2444


Like the Iraqi WMD threat?

You find any of that Nigerian yellow cake?

No?

Check under your bed.

lol!


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firststate says:
No evidence equals complete certainty to the DickNBusg crowd. Ask McGeorge.
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joecoolswat says:
I''m not making fun of the guardsman. I can''t find the video
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