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Ahmedinejad 'doubts' Iran arming Taliban (and other fairy tales)
2007-08-14
Iran's president said Tuesday he has "serious doubts" that his country is supplying weapons to Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan, refuting allegations by some Western officials that Iran is arming the militants.
Wow...I feel better. And all this time I was under the mistaken impression Iran was aiding AQ-A and the Taliwhackers
Speaking during his first-ever visit to Afghanistan, President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad called Iran's eastern neighbor a "brotherly nation" whose stability is paramount for the region.
Sunni Afghanistan...Shia Iran? Yeah...brotherly.
When asked if Iran is supplying weapons to the Taliban by a reporter from Voice of America, a U.S.-funded outlet, Ahmedinejad laughed and said the United States doesn't want Afghanistan and Iran to be friends.
And the Joooooooooooos, too. Don't forget the Joooooooooooos.
"The same allegation are made in Iraq. They are saying that they discover some weapons," Ahmedinejad said at a news conference with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. "What is the reason why they are saying such things? Iran is a big country. I have serious doubts about this issue."
Not me. I have no doubts about this issue. By the way, where is your buddy al Sadr?
Ahmedinejad's trip comes a week after President Bush said during a news conference with Karzai last week in the United States that he thought Iran was playing a destabilizing role in Afghanistan, where the Taliban have stepped up attacks the last two years.
Haven't you heard? Bushitler is building the case to attack Iran, declare martial law, suspend the Constitution and the elections so Bushitler, Cheneyhitler, and Rovehitler can establish the 4th Reich!!! Oh yeah...maybe not Rove cuz he resigned. But definitely Bushitler and Cheneyhitler. That's what I read on the DU and Kos. It is.
The U.S. military has charged that Iran is supplying weapons to Shiite militias in Iraq who are fighting against U.S. troops there.
The fact that some of the ordnance boxes have Persian writing is a Joooooooooooooish plot. The captured RG trainers are actually Jooooooooish actors. The EFP's were made to look like they were made in Iran by the Jooooooos.
Some Western and Persian Gulf governments have also alleged that the Islamic government in Tehran is secretly bolstering Taliban fighters. Among U.S. officials a prevalent view is that Iran, while not an ally of the Taliban, is seizing any opportunity in both Iraq and Afghanistan to complicate U.S. stabilization efforts.
Bunch of cynics. Iran is a fun loving, peaceful country.
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair wrote in a May edition of the Economist magazine that it is "clear" the Taliban is receiving arms from "elements of the Iranian regime." The top NATO commander in Afghanistan, U.S. Army Gen. Dan McNeill, told The Associated Press in June that "I don't doubt that somewhere the Iranians may have helped the Taliban."
Exactly what you'd expect from a lackey of Bushitler.
Officials from NATO's International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan have said they have no proof that top Iranian leaders have engineered or approved of weapons being supplied to the Taliban.

Iran calls the accusation part of a broad anti-Iranian campaign and says it makes no sense that a Shiite-led government like itself would help the fundamentalist Sunni movement of the Taliban.
And why wouldn't you believe Iran?
Karzai praised Iran's role in Afghanistan, while the two leaders presided over the signing of a number of bilateral agreements in a number of fields, including security, counter-narcotics and agriculture.
OK...sarcasm off. Iran certainly has a vested interest in a destabilized Pakistan and Afghanistan. If you don't believe they are supplying cash, arms, and trainers to AQ and the Taliwhackers, you probably have your head up where the sun doesn't shine.
Posted by:anymouse

#3  FREEREPUBLIC > Salvation of entire World + Humanity can be only thru Islam + obeyance of same. World + humanity to be destroyed by God iff Islam is not followed.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2007-08-14 23:15  

#2  Just because we keep catching intelligence operators and weapons marked MADE IN IRAN doesnt mean, er...
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2007-08-14 14:17  

#1  This is like letting Hirohito visit Hawaii in, like, 1943...
Posted by: tu3031   2007-08-14 13:37  

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