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"Annie" Levin wants the U.S. to overthrow the Iranian government because some explosive devices are coming from Iran. We know the Iraq/Iran border is porous, so anyone can bring these weapons to Iraq and there's no clear evidence that the Iranian leaders are behind this. Of course, out of over 3,000 dead, perhaps 170 are due to these devices from Iran. The Boston Globe has this to say about this newest bleat from the warmongers:

Doubts raised on linking of Iran to US deaths in Iraq
By Farah Stockman and Thanassis Cambanis, Globe Staff February 14, 2007

According to data compiled by the Iraq Coalition Casualty Count (icasualties.org), a nonprofit group that tracks US deaths, a staggering 60 percent or more of US deaths have occurred in areas where Sunni insurgents are active. Those insurgents are believed to receive much of their funding and weapons from private donors in Sunni Arab countries, including Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan, not Iran. Only 4 percent of US casualties have taken place in Shi'ite controlled areas in the provinces, while about a quarter of total US fatalities have taken place in Baghdad, where both Shi'ites and Sunnis fighters operate.

That data goes against the assertion on Sunday by a US official that "Iran is a significant contributor to attacks on coalition forces."

"It seems to be a relatively small segment of anti-US activity," said Kenneth Katzman , a Middle East analyst with the Congressional Research Service, the research arm of Congress. "Even if this activity were to completely stop, that would not materially affect the threat to US troops."

Let's recall that Al Qaeda and Iran are NOT on friendly terms:

Analysis: Al Qaeda is organising an offensive on a worldwide scale
BY JESUS TORQUEMADA
02/15/2007

Although it may look strange, Iranian Ayatollahs' regime and Bin Laden's followers are not friends. In the Iranian area of Baluchestan, at the border with Pakistan and Afghanistan, an Al Qaeda-linked group killed 11 members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard two days ago.

Al-Qaida suspects color debate over Iran
White House offensive could prompt Tehran to free terror suspects
By Dafna Linzer, Washington Post
Updated: 12:44 a.m. PT Feb 10, 2007

Since al-Qaeda fighters began streaming into Iran from Afghanistan in the winter of 2001, Tehran had turned over hundreds of people to U.S. allies and provided U.S. intelligence with the names, photographs and fingerprints of those it held in custody, according to senior U.S. intelligence and administration officials.