SENIOR US OFFICER WARNS OF IRAN PROVIDING ARMS TO AL SADR MILITIA

The groundwork is being laid for an ass whoopin'.

Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the military had evidence Iran was sending new weapons to Iraqi insurgents despite Tehran's commitment to the government in Baghdad that it would halt such support.

"The Iranian government pledged to halt such activity some months ago," Mullen said. "It's plainly obvious they have not. Indeed, they seem to have gone the other way."