NATO Says: Quds Force Supplying Taliban
Members of the IRGC in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 4 (UPI) — British military intelligence officers and the U.S. commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan say Iran is supplying Taliban fighters with weaponry.
U.S. Army General Dan McNeill, the commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan, said more than 50 roadside bombs and timers were discovered by British special forces last month crossing the border in trucks from Iran to Afghanistan, The Daily Telegraph reported Thursday.
He said the discovery is evidence that Iran’s Quds Revolutionary Guards are providing active support to Taliban militants.
“I cannot see how it is possible for at least the Iranian military, probably the Quds force, to not have known of this convoy,” McNeill said.
McNeill said the intercepted trucks contained materials needed to create the same type of explosive devices that U.S. and British forces have accused Iran of supplying to Iraqi insurgents.
“This confirms our view that elements within Iran are supporting the Taliban,” a spokesman for the British embassy in Kabul said. “We have previously raised the issue of arms to the Taliban with the Iranians and will continue to do so.”
(UPI)
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Any fucking day. Chop off the head of the snake (Iran) and the rest will cease to exist.
October 4th, 2007 at 5:18 pm“We have previously raised the issue of arms to the Taliban with the Iranians and will continue to do so.”
Oh yeah? And what is their reply? Sound anything like fuck you?
October 4th, 2007 at 5:22 pmWhen the fuck is ’someone’ going to stop this shit? They just keep getting bolder! A FUCKING CONVOY?!?!?!?!?!
We got the goods on the Iraaniacs. We got all the evidence we need against Iran. They declared jihad on us. It is time to declare a counter-jihad on them, starting with a 2007 version of shock and awe. Or of Dresden…
October 4th, 2007 at 5:22 pm“raised the issue and will continue to do so.” Well, good! Well done! Expect results of all that raising anytime this decade?
Thought not.
October 4th, 2007 at 10:53 pmIsn’t this the same Quds force that fought against the Taliban alongside the Northern Alliance in 2001? Why would they be arming their enemies?
October 25th, 2007 at 8:11 pm