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US Commander says no proof against Iran
WASHINGTON, DC (13 February 2007) - THE TOP US military commander, General Meter Pace, admitted Tuesday in Jakarta that his country lacks proof to incriminate Iran in the smuggling of weapons to Iraq. Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces, placed doubt on statements made by Pentagon officials in Baghdad claiming to have evidence about Iranian government participation providing supplies to the Iraq resistance, reported Prensa Latina. US television networks are informing that the credibility of the Bush administration is once again under question after its premature finger pointing at Iran. Meanwhile, Iran accused Bush of trying to use it as a scapegoat for its failed policy in Iraq. "Bush's policy in Iraq has failed and now they are using Iran as the scapegoat, accusing us with several pretexts. But the fact is that not even the US people are accepting those charges," said Mohammad Ali Hosseini, spokesperson of Iran's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday. "Such accusations cannot be relied upon or be presented as evidence. The United States has a long history in fabricating evidence. Such charges are unacceptable," Hosseini told the press in the Iranian capital of Tehran. Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad, in an interview Monday with US television network ABC, described the weapons accusations as "excuses for [the United States] to prolong their stay in Iraq." |
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