BBC: Pictures of Iran evidence from USA

[upi402]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/6353025.stm

[Nutmegger]

1. Hmm ... looks a little familiar.

:nuke:

[upi402]

2. Imagine the chutzpah needed to go to the UN with this

"Hey Dick, is that smart-looking Army man guy busy?"
-W

[Warren DeMontague]

3. Oh, well, that settles it.

I guess we need to go to war with 'em.

[krispos42]

4. Those lot numbers look awfully simplistic

Wouldn't there be something more complex than a convenient date? Like a factory number or shift number? And why would the dates be so damn big?

[brettdale]

5. I have a question

Why would Iran go to trouble to write "Mortar" on their bombs in english?

[brettdale]

6. Its also nice of iran

To write the exact date the bombs were manufactured.

Its like those villains on Batman that write "Secret hideout" on their doors.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

7. you realize that the Acme Arms Company, which supplies Wyle E Coyote,

provides all components to Iran?

That's how our intel became so strong.

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. Why am I reminded of something here

hmmm anybody care to help here?

(Mostly we have seen this movie before, and why all data in English, or are Iranian troops better conversant with English and not oh I don't know Persian?)

[TomClash]

9. On one of those weapons it said in Persian

"Manufactured in Iran, with love from the Gang - Richard Perle, William Kristol, Reuel Marc Gerecht, Robert Kagan, Mark Gerson and David Brooks."

:wow:

[Ghost Dog]

10. "Amusing" BBC commentary under the photos:

The US military has presented evidence which it says shows Iranian military involvement in Iraq ... The US says sophisticated Iranian-built bombs smuggled into Iraq have killed at least 170 US and allied soldiers since June 2004 ... Senior Democrats in the United States have urged the Bush administration to be cautious about accusing Iran of fomenting violence ... One senator said the Bush administration had tried to falsify evidence before ... Tehran has denied any involvement in the violence in Iraq ... But US intelligence analysts believe bombs made in Iran are being secretly sent to Iraqi Shia militants ... They say the weapons have characteristics unique to being manufactured in Iran ... Examples of the allegedly smuggled weapons were put on display at a briefing in Baghdad ... All cameras and recording devices were banned from the briefing ... US officials also claim Iran is supplying Shia groups in Iraq with money and military training.

[salin]

11. um - is it time to get back into the media the bush bright idea - pre iraq war -

per painting a US drone to look like a UN plane - fly over an area of Iraq that would ensure it would be shot down - in order to justify an invasion? That story really really needs some air time, about now.

[oblivious]

12. That 2006 date on several of them seals it. Everyone knows in Persian '2006' means 'Made in Iran'.

Common knowledge.

"I don't know what more evidence we need", said the head crazy.