The Washington Times reported this statement from General Petraeus's spokesman yesterday:
"We are ready to confirm the excellence of the senior Iranian leadership in their pledge to stop the funding, training, equipment and resourcing of the militia special groups," Col. Boylan said. "We have seen a downward trend in the signature-type attacks using weapons provided by Iran."
The report was picked up by Think Progress, among others, including the Danger Room. Now Boylan has gotten in touch with the Danger Room to clarify:
The January 3 article "Iran no longer aids Iraq militants" is inaccurate. We do not know if there has been a decrease in the supply of Iranian weapons. It is not clear if Iran's leaders stopped supplying weapons or training to extremist elements in Iraq. We hope that they have, but until we can confirm it, we are in the wait and see mode. We have seen a decrease in the attacks using four specific types of Iranian weapons. However, this should not be misunderstood as anything other than lowered levels of attacks using these specific weapons.
Think Progress has yet to note the correction, but one would think that the phrase referring to "the excellence of the senior Iranian leadership" should have set off alarm bells.