I think we understand that THEY understand who the main enemy is. If someone like NIck Burns is saying this, then it's probably well past open and shutPARIS (AP) - A senior U.S. diplomat accused Iran on Tuesday of transferring weapons to Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan—the most direct comments yet on the issue by a ranking American official.
Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns, speaking to reporters in Paris, said Iran was funding insurrections across the Middle East—and "Iran is now even transferring arms to the Taliban in Afghanistan."
Iran's possible role in aiding insurgents in Iraq has long been hotly debated, and last month some Western and Persian Gulf governments charged that the Islamic government in Tehran is secretly bolstering Taliban fighters.
In an interview with The Associated Press on Monday, U.S. Army Gen. Dan McNeill said Taliban fighters are showing signs of better training, using combat techniques comparable to "an advanced Western military" in ambushes of U.S. Special Forces soldiers.
"In Afghanistan it is clear that the Taliban is receiving support, including arms from ... elements of the Iranian regime," British Prime Minister Tony Blair wrote in the May 31 edition of the Economist.
Iran, which is also in a dispute with the West over its nuclear program, denies the Taliban accusation, calling it part of a broad anti-Iranian campaign. Tehran says it makes no sense that a Shiite-led government like itself would help the fundamentalist Sunni movement of the Taliban.
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- And Now What Are We Prepared To Do? Iran Training Taliban Fighters To Use Surface-to-air Missiles
Image by Getty Images via @daylifeIt's one thing when it's the USA and USSR.. but these morons act with impunity in the full knowledge of who is president of the USA, and what he will and won't do. Victory compels someone...
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RAWA: Talibani Terrorists Brutally Beheaded a Shia Muslim in Ghazni, Afghanistan Since last couple of weeks, some armed Taliban have been seen in the area during the night A Shia man named Naurooz has been beheaded by Taliban in Sai Ganj area of Ghazni....
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Weazel Zippers: EXCLUSIVE - Taliban commanders in talks with U.N. envoy LONDON Thu Jan 28, 2010 3:03pm ESTLONDON (Reuters) - Members of the Taliban's leadership council have met secretly with the United Nations representative for Afghanistan to discuss...
- British Special Forces Find Proof Tehran Is Arming Taliban
... leading many to fear the war will break out into a larger regional conflict. From the Guardian: Days after Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that Britain would freeze the assets of Iran's largest bank to discourage...
- It's Amazing How Boring It Is, When The Obvious Is Confirmed..we Are The Main Enemy
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Even the main Clintonista State Dept WIENER is claiming the mullahs are arming the Taliban
- And Now What Are We Prepared To Do? Iran Training Taliban Fighters To Use Surface-to-air Missiles
Image by Getty Images via @daylifeIt's one thing when it's the USA and USSR.. but these morons act with impunity in the full knowledge of who is president of the USA, and what he will and won't do. Victory compels someone...
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RAWA: Talibani Terrorists Brutally Beheaded a Shia Muslim in Ghazni, Afghanistan Since last couple of weeks, some armed Taliban have been seen in the area during the night A Shia man named Naurooz has been beheaded by Taliban in Sai Ganj area of Ghazni....
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Weazel Zippers: EXCLUSIVE - Taliban commanders in talks with U.N. envoy LONDON Thu Jan 28, 2010 3:03pm ESTLONDON (Reuters) - Members of the Taliban's leadership council have met secretly with the United Nations representative for Afghanistan to discuss...
- British Special Forces Find Proof Tehran Is Arming Taliban
... leading many to fear the war will break out into a larger regional conflict. From the Guardian: Days after Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that Britain would freeze the assets of Iran's largest bank to discourage...
- It's Amazing How Boring It Is, When The Obvious Is Confirmed..we Are The Main Enemy
The Blotter (ABS NEWS):Document- Iran Caught Red-Handed Shipping Arms to Taliban NATO officials say they have caught Iran red-handed, shipping heavy arms, C4 explosives and advanced roadside bombs to the Taliban for use against...