Joint Chiefs concerned over Iran’s influence in Iraq.

A “stark new assessment” by Joint Chiefs Chairman Mike Mullen reports that “the government of Iran continues to supply weapons and other support to extremists in Iraq, despite repeated promises to the contrary, and is increasingly complicit in the death of American soldiers.” The report highlights the discovery of weapons in Iraq that bear stamps indicating they were manufactured recently in Iran. “I have no expectations that we are going to get into a conflict with Iran in the immediate future,” he said, adding, “I am concerned about where that goes in the long term.”