Yahoo! News - Iran Sends Diplomatic Warning to U.S. Over Iraq
TEHRAN, Iran (Reuters) - Iran said Sunday it had sent a formal message of warning to the United States about its actions in neighboring Iraq.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi also denied suggestions made by some U.S. officials in recent days that Iraqi Governing Council member Ahmad Chalabi had passed sensitive U.S. intelligence about Iraq to Iran.

"We have warned the Americans about Iraq," Asefi told a weekly news conference. "It is natural for two countries which do not have diplomatic relations to exchange messages."

Asefi said the accusations against Chalabi, a former favorite of the Pentagon (news - web sites), were part of an effort to deflect attention away from Washington's problems in Iraq.

"The Americans have in recent months lied about several issues and failed to prove them," he said. "It seems that lying is becoming institutionalized in American policy."

Oops! They're on to us about the lying stuff. Damn.