BAGHDAD ? Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta this week became the latest U.S. official to blame Iran for a recent series of deadly attacks on U.S. forces. The new Pentagon chief also suggested the United States would respond in self-defense against the Iranians if necessary.
But how is the U.S. so sure that the weapons and training are coming from Iran?
?We have a very comprehensive understanding of where the rockets are manufactured,? Maj. Gen. Jeffrey S. Buchanan, chief spokesman for the U.S. military in Iraq, said in an interview. ?We can identify what factory they were made in by certain markings. We?ve seen markings recently of rockets that were manufactured in Iran in 2010. These are not things that were just buried in old cache sites. They continue to come across the border in very large numbers.?
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