IEDs in Iraq from Iran .... or... ?

ummm.... what?

Now I've a couple of points to make here.

Bush and his administration used the claim that Iran was responsible for these IED's in Iraq only recently, fully aware that back at the close of last year the UK Defense Minister had made a retraction of the same claim.

For the first time I am aware of, it is now alleged that Bush Senior's FBI were involved in the original botched sting that led to the IRA gaining this design.

According to the newspaper, a senior IRA member has confirmed their part of this story - including that they shared the design with other terror groups.

The Northern Ireland Police Ombudsman is investigating the story - his office obviously thinks there is a reasonable suspicion of wrongdoing here.

Matthew Teague of Atlantic Magazine, who has been following up this story, says "a number of senior American politicians " are awaiting publication of his article this week before "raising the issue in Congress". Were those politicians aware of this at the time Bush and others made their claims and if so why did they remain silent? One hopes that, whetever else, they will now stand up and expose the narrative for war with Iran as being just as fake as the narrative for war with Iraq.