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| Iranian weapons intercepted in Afghanistan |
| 2007-09-17 |
| NATO troops deployed in Afghanistan have intercepted an Iranian arms shipment destined for the Taliban in what appears to be an escalating flow of weaponry between the two former enemies, The Washington Post reported on Sunday. Citing unnamed officials from the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force, the newspaper said the shipment seized on September 6 included armour-piercing bombs, which have been especially deadly when used as roadside bombs against foreign troops in Iraq. The NATO-led force interdicted two smaller shipments of similar weapons from Iran into southern Helmand province April 11 and May 3, the report said. “It’s not the fact that it’s qualitatively different, but this was a large shipment which got people’s attention,” the paper quotes a US official as saying. This time, the arms were shipped into the western province of Farah, indicating an attempt to find routes less likely to be discovered, The Post said. A senior Iranian official called the allegation baseless, according to the report. “We have no interest in instability in Iraq or Afghanistan,” the paper quotes the Iranian official as saying. “We have good neighbourly relations with the heads of state, who have praised Iran recently. Why should we send weapons to the opposition?” Iran has long opposed the Taliban, but US officials say their cooperation is based on common opposition to foreign, and particularly Western, troops in Afghanistan, The Post said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 Where ever Islam is found, weaponry from Muslims will be found. The problem is Islam. The problem has always been Islam. |
| Posted by: Crusader 2007-09-17 18:34 |
| #9 The enemy of my enemy is KA-CHING! Ahmanidiot |
| Posted by: OyVey1 2007-09-17 13:57 |
| #8 #6: Ahhh, but that can't be, Ahmanidiot, because then you'd say you never lie. Don't bother me with the facts, my mind is made up. |
| Posted by: Ahmanidiot 2007-09-17 11:13 |
| #7 It is past time to blow up Iranian arms shipments at the source. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2007-09-17 09:55 |
| #6 Ahhh, but that can't be, Ahmanidiot, because then you'd say you never lie. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2007-09-17 07:15 |
| #5 I ALWAYS lie! |
| Posted by: Ahmanidiot 2007-09-17 07:04 |
| #4 I have had it with Iran. |
| Posted by: newc 2007-09-17 04:54 |
| #3 “We have no interest in instability in Iraq or Afghanistan,” the paper quotes the Iranian official as saying. I no longer speculate as to why people's heads don't explode when they say bullshit like this but I still wonder why they aren't being made to explode for it. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-09-17 03:06 |
| #2 gorb, how they lie? ALL THE TIME! |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-09-17 02:50 |
| #1 It's kinda educational when you open up a subject that you know your adversary is going to lie about. It teaches you how they lie, and if you look at the shadows long enough, what they are trying to conceal. Of course some never learn anything. |
| Posted by: gorb 2007-09-17 01:17 |