Pentagon denies politics behind claims Iran supplying weapons.

In Baghdad Tuesday government officials decided to go public with allegations that Iran was supplying militant groups in Iraq with weapons. It was said that Iran is responsible for supplying these militant groups with armor piercing roadside bombs taht have caused many casualties for the american forces. The munitons and bombs have been sold to radical shiite groups from and Iranian revolutionary guard called the al-Quds Brigade. The timing of this statement has drawn criticism to the Bush administration for hyping the Iranian threat and also because of flawed intelligence that led to the invasion of Iraq
Jim Michaels New York Times