So Why Are Cars "Stolen" in the US Turning Up as Suicide Bomb Vehicles in Iraq

From the Aussie press:

The FBI's counterterrorism unit has launched a broad investigation of US-based theft rings after discovering some vehicles used in deadly car bombings in Iraq, including attacks that killed US troops and Iraqi civilians, were probably stolen in the United States, according to senior US Government officials.

The FBI's deputy assistant director for counterterrorism, Inspector John Lewis, said the investigation did not prove the vehicles were stolen specifically for car bombings in the Middle East, but there was evidence they were smuggled out of the US by organised criminal networks that included terrorists and insurgents.

Cracking the car-theft rings and tracing the cars could help identify insurgent leaders and shut down one of the means used to attack the US-led coalition and the Iraqi Government, the officials said.

The inquiry began after coalition troops raided a Falluja bomb factory last November and found a Texas-registered four-wheel-drive being prepared for a bombing mission...

I had not heard this before. I'm also not sure how well this will play in Iraq where as much as 60-70% of the population believes that many of these bombings are American military actions being blamed on insurgents.

Funny thing is that right now, I cannot find a HINT of this article appearing in the US media.