Iran killing US Troops in Iraq - says CBS

CBS beefs up US propaganda

'General: Iran Planting Bombs In Iraq' - this is the CBS/AP headline currently appearing here on the CBS News website. However nowhere within the story is there a quote from the General to back up this clear statement to the effect that Iran has now entered the war in Iraq.

What he does say is this:

"We are quite confident that the Iranians through their covert special ops forces are providing weapons, IED technology and training to Shia extremist groups in Iraq," Casey said at a Pentagon press conference with Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld by his side.

Casey went so far as to accuse the Iranian government of helping mastermind the attacks.

"Now you would assume they're not doing that independently, that there is some central direction from somebody in Tehran," Casey said.

It's nothing more than the usual narrative - spiced up a little to serve as a timely justification for keeping US forces in Iraq despite growing US opposition [53% seek a timetable for withdrawal]. Clearly the US has zero evidence to back up its claims. However this hasn't stopped CBS from doing all it can to make matters worse - with a headline that serves not to expose US military/government propaganda - but to boost it. The accompanying 1 minute 38 second video 'news' report does the same. So much for the lessons learned in the run-up to the Iraq war.