Catching up on Iraniana, I find this in the British press:

From The Mirror (London) 2 April

A NETWORK of terror camps has been set up in Iran to train insurgents to kill our troops in Iraq.
Spy chiefs say al-Qaeda experts are giving three-week courses in planting roadside bombs, sniping and avoiding capture before, during and after attacks against troops.
British Special Forces are thought to know where the desert bases are and may be tracking insurgents who come and go.
Last night a senior intelligence source said: “The camps have been set up by an al-Qaeda splinter group from Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.”
They are thought to be responsible for at least three recent deaths in Al Amarah in Iraq.
Lance Cpl Allan Douglas – the 99th soldier to die in Iraq – was shot by a sniper and two paras were killed last month by an Iranian car bomb.
Tony Blair has warned Iran to stop supplying roadside bombs – but the traffic continues.

I don’t know what to make of this (old) news, except to wonder why the “senior intelligence source” is leaking now. The Brits, and even our own see-no-evil spooks know full well that the Revolutionary Guards have long trained terrorists headed for Iraq, and they certainly know that there is no such thing as “an al-Qaeda splinter group from the RG.” The important thing is that they are blaming the Iranians for the deaths of British soldiers in Iraq. Why?

It could be part of a (British) campaign to prepare public opinion for action against Iran. Or it could be the action of a disgruntled (British) intelligence service, enraged at the continuing murder of British citizens and endless dithering from Tony Blair and Jack Straw.

Take your pick. But it’s interesting.