BBC Wednesday, 14 February 2007
The most senior US military officer has said there is no proof the Iranian government has directly armed Shia groups fighting in Iraq.
Gen Peter Pace, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, appeared to contradict claims made by US officers in Iraq.
The US presented evidence this week it said proved the "highest levels" of Iran's government were supplying arms used by Shia militants in Iraq.
Gen Pace said all it proved was "things made in Iran" are being used in Iraq.
"We know that the explosively formed projectiles are manufactured in Iran," Gen Pace said while visiting Australia.
"But I would not say by what I know that the Iranian government clearly knows or is complicit."
In the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, Gen Pace repeated his assertions.
"What [the evidence] does say is that things made in Iran are being used in Iraq to kill coalition soldiers."
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