U.S. CANNOT LINK IRAN TO IRAQ STRIFE

"U.S. can't prove Iran link to Iraq strife... Bush administration officials acknowledged Friday that they had yet to compile evidence strong enough to back up publicly their claims that Iran is fomenting violence against U.S. troops in Iraq.... Iranian officials challenged the Americans to produce evidence of their charges... Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates seemed to concede Friday that U.S. officials can't say for sure whether the Iranian government is involved in assisting the attacks on U.S. personnel in Iraq..."
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iran3feb03,0,2695314.story?coll=la-home-headlines