‘Markings’ show Iraq bombs come from Iran

SERIAL numbers and markings on explosives used in Iraq provide “pretty good” evidence that Iran is providing either weapons or technology for militants there, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said yesterday.

Offering some of the first public details of evidence the military has collected, Gates said: “I think there’s some serial numbers, there may be some markings on some of the projectile fragments that we found,” that point to Iran.

However, he said he was somewhat surprised that recent raids by coalition and Iraqi forces in Iraq swept up some Iranians.