The Los Angeles Times runs a column today by Andrew Cockburn, conspiracy theorist and anti-Semite. In the column, Andrew Cockburn attempts to refute charges that Iran is arming insurgents in Iraq. While ignoring evidence that specialized Austrian guns that were sold to Iran have been found in Iraq, that Iran is the number one state sponsor of terror in the world, has armed Hezbollah, declares its aim to see the world without America he wants us to believe that Iran has nothing to do with turmoil in Iran. He attempts to do this by  revealing how supposedly easy it would be for Iraqis to assemble roadside bombs on their own (while blithely ignoring all other evidence of Iran's meddling). Perhaps, Cockburn just has always wanted to see extreme Islam emerge triumphant. He certainly is motivated by an anti-Israeli bias and has also manifested anti-Semitism, in my opinion.

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