 Afghan rebels using Iranian arms: Canadian defense minister AFP - MONTREAL (AFP) - Canadian Defense Minister Peter MacKay on Tuesday identified Iran as the origin of weapons used by rebels against the international coalition in Afghanistan.Commentsview comments in forum Page 1 You need to be a member of CKA and be logged into the site, to comment on news. |
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its probably also not even the Iranian gov't itself but factions within it which makes the situation that much more complicated.
Likely........but difficult to know.
How much the government controls or the mullahs or the Revutionary guard.........
But then that could be deception..........
One claim made in the article was "MacKay said Canada was particularly concerned about improvised explosive devices from Iran which have fallen into the hands of Taliban rebel forces." Does MacKay understand the word "improvised"? If an explosive device is manufactured, it isn't improvised. The very word means it's made of what ever stuff happens to be on-hand at the time.
If there is any arms exported to the Taliban (and I emphasize "") it's probably sold directly by arms manufacturers or dealers. I doubt it's any conspiracy by government officials or factions; it's just about money.
All fluff and talk but no comment on the fact that Iran is supplying the Talban to fight western forces.
NATO officials say they have caught Iran red-handed, shipping heavy arms, C4 explosives and advanced roadside bombs to the Taliban for use against NATO forces, in what the officials say is a dramatic escalation of Iran's proxy war against the United States and Great Britain.
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The coalition analysis says munitions recovered in two Iranian convoys, on April 11 and May 3, had "clear indications that they originated in Iran. Some were identical to Iranian supplied goods previously discovered in Iraq."
The April convoy was tracked from Iran into Helmand province and led a fierce firefight that destroyed one vehicle, according to the official analysis. A second vehicle was reportedly found to contain small arms ammunition, mortar rounds and more than 650 pounds of C4 demolition charges.
A second convoy of two vehicles was spotted on May 3 and led to the capture of five occupants and the seizure of RPG-7mm rockets and more than 1,000 pounds of C4, the analysis says.
Also among the munitions are components for the lethal EFPs, or explosive formed projectiles, the roadside bombs that U.S. officials say Iran has provided to Iraqi insurgents with deadly results.
"These clearly have the hallmarks of the Iranian Revolution Guards' Quds force," said Jones.
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