Britain points the finger at Iran for links with Iraq
(06.10.2005)

As a deal with Iran over its nuclear plans for the future continue to fade, Britain has accused Iran of passing on explosives technology to a renegade Shia faction.

According to a report, the explosives technology used by Lebanon's Iranian backed Hizbollah movement was found in the hands of this Shia faction. It is believed to have been supplied to the Iraqis by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and used in attacks on western forces.

The official reason given for Iran doing this is to add pressure on the nuclear talks and the possible referral of Iran to the United Nations Security Council.

Of course it could be just a move by Britain to join the United States in trying to establish a connection between Iraq, Iran and Al-Qaeda.

A military strike against Iran is still very much on the table, and the pressure we saw applied to Iran earlier was put to one side following the Hurricane Katrina disaster.

As news of Katrina is no longer appearing in the headlines, the accusations against Iran have returned. Unfortunately, like before, there is no real evidence to support the claims, but as we saw with Iraq, does it really matter?

No doubt we will hear Tony Blair adding some weight to this claim shortly and perhaps in a few years time (after the attack has taken place against Iran) we will discover some "leaked" downing street memo showing us how all of this was planned previously. But this too will be quickly forgotten just like the last one, as some new distraction appears to keep our minds focused on other things.

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