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| Iran accused - mines found in Taliban cache |
| 2008-01-26 |
| Iran was accused of supplying weapons to the Taliban on Saturday after security forces found dozens of Iranian-made mines in a rebel cache in western Afghanistan. Afghan police and intelligence agents raided a Taliban compound in Farah province on Thursday and discovered 130 mines, 60 of which were made in Iran, Farah governor Mohyiddin Balouch told AFP. When asked who could be behind the supply of weapons he replied: "It is the Iran government." He added: "We have intelligence reports that these mines had recently entered Farah from Iran." He said: "We know that there is a government in Iran which has controls over the borders. Without the knowledge of the Iranian government it is difficult to send weapons out." United States and NATO officials have also in the past said that Iranian weapons were being supplied to the extremist Taliban, which is waging a bloody insurgency against Afghanistan's US-backed President Hamid Karzai. However, senior Afghan government officials including Karzai have repeatedly dismissed the claims, saying there was no proof. |
| Posted by:Pappy |
| #5 Sincere question, will a mine detonate if dropped from a plane? If so I suggest the next predator load be "Returned" ordanance. (Return to sender, address unknown, IRAN will do.) Better yet drop on Meccah, let's see them explain that. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2008-01-26 22:11 |
| #4 The West is under NATO, not US control. Most of the electrical power comes from Iran and trade is very active. Other than a couple of big battles early last year???, there has been no activity in the West. I have "heard" that a number of Iranians were killed in those events but nothing anywhere near official. |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2008-01-26 14:15 |
| #3 Some of this is just plain old souk economics... now if a Brazillian mine was found... |
| Posted by: Thomas Woof 2008-01-26 12:47 |
| #2 The Mad Mullahs™ do seem to be confident that they're not going to get a taste of their own medicine, aren't they ... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2008-01-26 12:45 |
| #1 Return to sender. Imagine what would happen if a bunch of Iranian made mines in a car bomb near the Guardian Council HQ. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-01-26 12:42 |