U.S. Says Weapons From Iran Sent to Afghanistan

[Elmore Furth]

Source: Reuters

By REUTERS
Published: March 31, 2010
Filed at 10:28 a.m. ET

KABUL (Reuters) - Iran is having a growing, negative influence in its neighbor Afghanistan, U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen said on Wednesday, citing what he said was a shipment of Iranian arms to fighters.

The United States has frequently accused Iran of providing some assistance to insurgents in Afghanistan, although Washington says it has not been nearly as important a factor as in Iraq, Iran's other neighbor where U.S. troops are waging war.

Pentagon officials declined to give further details about the Iranian arms shipment. Asked later if it represented an important development, Mullen said: "I was taken aback. It wasn't insignificant."

Iran has had rapidly growing economic influence in Afghanistan, especially in the West, where cross-border trade is brisk. A dialect of Iran's Farsi language is one of two state languages in Afghanistan, and Iran hosted millions of Afghan refugees during decades of war.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/03/31/news/news-us-afghanistan-usa-iran.html?_r=1&ref=news

[msongs]

1. the admin oughta just replay the bush videos n save some $$ nt

[Flaneur]

2. Not surprising that Iran would seek to undercut the enemy at its borders.

Tens of thousands of US troops just across the border in Iraq.

A hundred thousand-plus US and NATO troops just across the border in Afghanistan.

And the US wants regime change in Iran.

[Bragi]

3. Hey, only the U.S gets to send weapons to Afghanistan!! /nt

[ConcernedCanuk]

4. Let's see- Russia invades USA - CANADA sends USA "insurgents" weapons OMG!!

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[pundaint]

5. People help those fighting their opponents. There is absolutely nothing of value to the US to win

in Afghanistan. It's a choice between lose a little and lose a lot. Get the hell out! Do not join the list of Historic Chumps.

[ConcernedCanuk]

9. IMO - USA wants a presence EVERYWHERE

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MOSTLY where there is OIL involved.

Without oil

The USA's war-machine dies.

Without the USA's war-machine

the USA becomes insignificant

can't have that

can we??

:freak:

[pundaint]

6. What would have been appropriate action for the Soviet Union to take in response to US aid to their

opponents in Afghanistan?

[ConcernedCanuk]

8. Check out to see if them ICBM's really work?

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no-ones really tested them yet . . . .

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[conspirator]

7. Yeah. Whatever nt