Mysteries

Saturday’s New York Times featured Scott Shane’s page-one article about Iran’s “mysterious” Quds Force. American intelligence agencies are scutinizing the Quds Force because of its apparent involvement in supplying sophisticated explosives to Iraqi insurgents. Quds operatives are in fact hard at work inside Iraq. The article’s thesis — that there is some doubt about the Iranian government’s responsibility for the activities of the Quds Force — hangs on this quote from Secretary Gates:

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