Bachmann backs down from Iraq comments

After talking of an Iranian plan to split Iraq, she now says it's hard to know what
to expect.

By Eric Black, Star Tribune

http://www.startribune.com/587/story/1022623.html

U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann claimed two weeks ago to know of an Iranian plan for the
partition of Iraq in which Iran would control half the country and set it up as "a
terrorist safe haven zone" and a staging area for attacks around the Middle East and
on the United States.

The existence of such a plan has not been suggested publicly by the Bush
administration or other officials.

But on Friday, after her claim was highlighted on the Star Tribune's Big Question
weblog, Bachmann issued a new statement asserting her earlier comments had been
"misconstrued." The second statement in effect retracted the first in several
important respects.

"I won't say what I was when I said all that stuff about Iraq, but it
starts with 's' and rhymes with 'shitfaced'."