NY Times Assertion That 25% Of US Deaths In Iraq Due To Iranian Arms Not True

So this morning listening to NPR, I heard a story quoted from the NY Times saying that 25% of Americans killed in Iraq were victim of "penetrator" shells provided by Iran. The article blames Shiite malitas who are allegedly using the devices.

" In the last three months of 2006, attacks using the weapons
accounted for a significant portion of Americans killed and wounded in Iraq,
though less than a quarter of the total, military officials say."

Apparently the NY Times is taking everything the US Military sorces are giving them as absolute truth. Shades of Judith Miller!

Juan Cole, President of the Global Americana Institute, checks the facts and finds it's nothing of the sort. He states on Informed Consent, "This claim is one hundred percent wrong. Because 25 percent of US troops were not killed fighting Shiites in those three months. "