Iran, the newest loose cannon trying to join the mushroom cloud club has it fingers deep in the quagmire of Iraq, documents show.

U.S. Finds Iran’s ‘Smoking Gun’ in Iraq

American forces have found a "smoking gun” that proves Iran is supporting the insurgency in Iraq — captured Iranian documents showing the country is abetting both Sunni and Shiite terrorists.

News that U.S. forces had captured Iranians in Iraq was reported in December. But now it’s come to light that the Iranians were carrying documents revealing their country’s activities in Iraq. An American intelligence official confirmed that Shiite Iran "is working closely with both the Shiite militias and Sunni Jihadist groups,” The New York Sun reported in an article headlined "Iran’s Secret Plan for Mayhem.”

The documents disclosed how the Quds Force — Iran’s elite revolutionary guard unit that supports Shiite Hezbollah and Shiite death squads — also supports individuals associated with al-Qaida in Iraq and the Sunni terror group Ansar al-Sunna.

So one could ask how clear are these documents?   How deep does this go?

Deep:

Another U.S. official, who termed the captured documents a "smoking gun,” said: "We found plans for attacks, phone numbers affiliated with Sunni bad guys — a lot of things that filled in the blanks on what these guys are up to.”

According to the Sun, one document concludes that "Iraq’s Sunni neighbors will step up their efforts to aid insurgent groups and that it is imperative for Iran to redouble efforts to retain influence with them, as well as with Shiite militias.”

Why redouble their efforts?  Easy.  Because they see the US is at a pivotal point, on the cusp of cutting and running because the violence refuses to quell.

In other words their actions are working.  They want us to leave so they can move in.  The historic hatred between the two countries is so deep that there is no chance there is altruism here, particularly when they care only about violence, not about supporting one side or the other.

No, the more this comes to light the more it should be a wake up call to continue our efforts to not only defeat the terrorists, but send Iran home.

I hope Congress is paying attention and does the right thing before Iran moves their nukes in.

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