Residual Forces

One of the worst told stories in the War on Terror’s Iraqi theater is the Iranian connections. For years there have been murmurs and stories about Iran’s intervention in the battle.

Last week was the domestic media battle over how high up the chain those individual bombs could be traced. Well, this week, the US has been tipped off about a large cash of these bombs with the sole intent of killing American soldiers.

BAQOUBA, Iraq —  U.S. and Iraqi forces have seized a large weapons cache that includes parts for sophisticated roadside bombs that are believed to originate in Iran, U.S. military investigators said.

Details of the find were expected to be announced Monday at a news conference in Baghdad.

But military officials told The Associated Press that the arsenal is one of the biggest found north of the Iraqi capital and contains components for so-called EFPs — explosively formed projectiles that fire a slug of molten metal that can penetrate armored vehicles.

The U.S. military has said elite Iranian corps are funneling EFPs to Shiite militias in Iraq for use against American troops. The area where the cache was found is dominated by Sunni insurgents but also includes pockets of Shiites.

Earlier this month, U.S. officials showed reporters in Baghdad pieces of EFPs they said were directly traceable to Iran.

An informant tipped off Iraqi police to the weapons stash Saturday, the military said in a statement to the AP. It was discovered near Baqouba, the provincial capital of Diyala province, about 35 miles northeast of Baghdad.

Iran is at war with the US in Iraq, when will we finally acknowledge it?

It will be interesting to see the anti-victory caucuses and war detractors explain this one.