Wall Street Journal – REVIEW & OUTLOOK: U.S. military officials finally laid out detailed evidence on Sunday that Iranian-supplied weapons are killing American soldiers in Iraq. The issue now is the lesson the Bush Administration and the American political establishment draw about dealing with Iran.
Iran’s provocations
Skeptics doubt U.S. evidence on Iran action in Iraq
New York Times: Three weeks after promising it would show proof of Iranian meddling in Iraq, the Bush administration has laid out its evidence and received in return a healthy dose of skepticism.
Greenpeace heads to Iran to push nuclear-free zone
Reuters: Greenpeace will press for a nuclear-free zone in the Middle East during a visit to the port where Iran’s first atomic power plant is being built.
EXCLUSIVE – Senior atom inspector removed from Iran post
Reuters: The veteran official who has overseen U.N. nuclear inspections in Iran has been removed from his post nine months after Tehran banned him from entering the country, a senior diplomat said on Tuesday.
Ahmadinejad puts his faith in the ‘wise people in US’ to avoid conflict
The Guardian: Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, yesterday shrugged off the threat of a US attack and said accusations that Tehran was arming insurgents in Iraq represented an attempt to find a scapegoat for American “defeats and failures”.
Bush tries to convince world no plans for Iran war
Reuters: President George W. Bush is trying to convince the world he has no intention of invading Iran, but is running into skeptics who see U.S. charges that Iran is shipping bombs into Iraq as a step toward conflict.
Military ties Iran to arms in Iraq
Washington Post: Senior U.S. military officials in Iraq sought Sunday to link Iran to deadly armor-piercing explosives and other weapons that they said are being used to kill U.S. and Iraqi troops with increasing regularity.
DaimlerChrysler to exit Iran marketing arm – report
Reuters: DaimlerChrysler intends to divest its majority stake in the company that is its exclusive distributor for Mercedes-Benz vehicles in Iran, Germany’s WirtschaftsWoche magazine reported on its website.
No 10 backs US claim over Iran arms
Press Association: Downing Street has backed American claims that Iran was involved in arming Iraqi insurgents with powerful roadside weaponry used against allied forces.
Iran rejects U.S. charges on arming Iraq
AP: Iran on Monday rejected U.S. accusations that the highest levels of Iranian leadership have armed Shiite militants in Iraq with armor-piercing roadside bombs.
