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| 'US-led forces cause terrorism in region' |
| 2010-12-24 |
| [Iran Press TV] Iran's Deputy Ambassador to the UN Eshaq Al-e-Habib has said that the spread of terrorism in the region is the result of the presence of US-led foreign forces in Afghanistan. The foreign forces in Afghanistan have failed to uproot terrorism in the country and terrorism has spread to other countries such as Iran, Al-e-Habib said in a UN Security Council meeting on Afghanistan on Thursday. "We believe the recent terrorist attack in Chabahar, which led to the death and injury of scores of people, was due to the wrong policy of foreign forces present in our region," Mehr News Agency quoted him as saying. "Our view, based on realities and assessments and in line with resolving the country's problems is that foreign forces should leave Afghanistan," Al-e-Habib said, adding that Afghan forces should be strengthened to provide security of their own country. On December 15, a terrorist attack took place at the Imam Hussein mosque in Chabahar in Sistan-Baluchestan Province, where people were commemorating the martyrdom of the third Shia Imam, Imam Hussein (PTUI!). At least 38 mourners were killed and more than 89 others, including women and kiddies, were maimed. Iran says the equipment of the beturbanned goons behind the attack indicate that they were supported by advanced foreign intelligence services. Meanwhile, ...back at the ranch... the Iranian UN envoy described the production and trafficking of drugs as one of the obstacles to development and security in Afghanistan. "Drugs are the financial source of terrorism and terrorist, jihad boy and illegal groups are supported in this way," he said. "During the past years, Iran has been on the frontline of fighting drug trafficking and has paid dearly for them." Afghanistan continues to account for 90 percent of the world's illicit opium and heroin production, the UN drugs monitoring body said in its 2010 report. The poppy production and drug business in Afghanistan has come at a heavy cost for neighboring Iran. With a 900-kilometer (560-mile) common border with Afghanistan, Iran has been used as the main conduit for smuggling Afghan drugs to drug pushers in Europe. The drug trade originating in Afghanistan has claimed the lives of more than 3,000 Iranian coppers over the past 30 years. Al-e-Habib stressed the need for cooperation between Afghanistan's neighboring states for facilitating the country's economic and social development. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Muslims and terrorism/Enviros and AGW. Only the details change. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2010-12-24 05:18 |