Snappy newsletters. Simple Facebook sharing. Spirited comments. Sweet features are waiting… GET THEM NOW!

US Finding More Iranian Arms in Iraq

Easing tensions between Washington and Tehran not stemming weapons flow

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 11, 2007 2:13 PM CST

(Newser) – US soldiers are finding more Iranian weaponry in Iraq than ever before, despite an apparent easing of tensions between Washington and Tehran, Reuters reports. Iran has vowed to stop funneling armor-piercing explosives into Iraq, and such attacks are down, but Iran is still exerting extensive... Read full story »

COMMENTS

Read the comment policy

You need to Log in to Newser to comment. Don't have an account yet? Sign up now!

There are no comments

A snapshot of the day's best news stories.

View Larger Grid

All Today Yesterday Pick a Date

What's Popular Now on Facebook

Cops Shoot Naked Guy Eating Man's Face on Highway

Japanese Artist Serves Up Own Cooked Genitals

Reuters (Source Grid »)

Iraqi fighters grilled for Iranian intelligence
Guardian (UK)

Germany agrees to discuss tougher Iran sanctions
Reuters

US releases nine Iranians
New York Times

Push for war with Iran 'slow motion surrealist nightmare'
Asheville Citizen-Times

World

Iraq • Iran • Iranian Revolutionary Guard • explosively formed penetrators

More Newser Stories

Petraeus: Iran Behind Green Zone Attack

General: Tehran equipped and trained Iraqi insurgents

(NEWSER) - Gen. David Petraeus says Iran was behind yesterday's mortar attack on Baghdad's Green Zone, the BBC reports. Tehran trained, equipped, and funded the insurgents who carried out the attack, he said. "All of this in complete violation of promises made by President Ahmadinejad and the other most senior Iranian leaders to their Iraqi counterparts," said the commander of coalition forces in Iraq. More»

Ahmadinejad to Visit Iraq

First-ever trip by an Iranian prez upsets Sunnis, poses security risk to hosts

(NEWSER) - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will fly to Baghdad Sunday to meet with Iraqi president Jalal Talabani, the first state visit ever by an Iranian president, the BBC reports. Sunni Iraqi leaders expressed outrage over the visit, which also comes a day after the US claimed further evidence of Iranian meddling in the country—a sniper "trained in Iran," US military said. More»

Iraq's 'King of Clubs' Appears Online

Former deputy to Saddam Hussein rails against Shiites, Iran

(NEWSER) - He was the king of clubs. Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, the highest-ranking member of Saddam Hussein's government still at large, appears to have turned up in an online video posted yesterday, railing against Iraq's government, reports the AP . In the hour-long video, which appears on a website linked to the Baath party, the man criticizes Iraq's Shiite-led government and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, as well as meddling by Shiite neighbor Iran. Al-Douri has not been seen in public since the invasion of Iraq nine years ago, but he has made several audio tapes and is thought to be a major financier of Iraq's Sunni insurgency. More»

US World's No. 5 Executioner: Amnesty

Executions surge in Middle East

(NEWSER) - Fewer countries than ever are executing people, but those countries are doing so with gusto, according to a new report from Amnesty International. Just 20 nations still use the death penalty. The US executed 43 people last year, making it 5th globally, and the only Western democracy on the list, the AP reports. “If you look at the company we're in globally, it's not the company we want to be in: China, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq,” said the executive director of Amnesty International USA. More»

Iran: We Can Strike US 'Around the World'

Ambassador says US attack would be 'suicidal'

(NEWSER) - Iran again thumped its chest today, saying that the US won't attack the Middle Eastern country militarily if it knows what's good for it. "The Americans know very well what Iran is like and what our potential is," Iran's ambassador to Russia said at a news conference in Moscow, according to Reuters . "Iran is in a very good position to deliver retaliatory strikes on America around the world. Even if it attacks, we have a list of counter actions. … An attack on Iran would be suicidal for them." More»

NEWS FROM OUR PARTNERS

What is Newser?

Face it: there's too much news. At Newser, we choose the most thought-provoking and entertaining stories from hundreds of US and international sources and reduce them to a headline, picture, and two paragraphs. And we do it 24/7—you can come back morning, noon, night (and in between) for something new that matters. Read less, know more.

Learn more »

Partnering with: Slate

View Newser on the mobile website

US Finding More Iranian Arms in Iraq

Easing tensions between Washington and Tehran not stemming weapons flow

Iraq • Iran • Iranian Revolutionary Guard • explosively formed penetrators

MOST POPULAR STORIES

[ By Views ]

[ By Comments ]

More Newser Stories

Petraeus: Iran Behind Green Zone Attack

General: Tehran equipped and trained Iraqi insurgents

Ahmadinejad to Visit Iraq

First-ever trip by an Iranian prez upsets Sunnis, poses security risk to hosts

Iraq's 'King of Clubs' Appears Online

Former deputy to Saddam Hussein rails against Shiites, Iran

US World's No. 5 Executioner: Amnesty

Executions surge in Middle East

Iran: We Can Strike US 'Around the World'

Ambassador says US attack would be 'suicidal'

About Us

Site

Community

Site Maps

Tools

More News

What is Newser?