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Iran providing weapons to the enemy in Iraq, Afghanistan Posted: 04 Jul 2011 08:41 AM PDT WSJ: Iran's elite military unit, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, has transferred lethal new munitions to its allies in Iraq and Afghanistan in recent months, according to senior U.S. officials, in a bid to accelerate the U.S. withdrawals from these countries. The Revolutionary Guard has smuggled rocket-assisted exploding projectiles to its militia allies in Iraq, weapons that have already resulted in the deaths of American troops, defense officials said. They said Iranians have also given long-range rockets to the Taliban in Afghanistan, increasing the insurgents' ability to hit U.S. and other coalition positions from a safer distance. Such arms shipments would escalate the shadow competition for influence playing out between Tehran and Washington across the Middle East and North Africa, fueled by U.S. preparations to draw down forces from two wars and the political rebellions that are sweeping the region. The U.S. is wrestling with the aftermath of uprisings against longtime Arab allies from Tunisia to Bahrain, and trying to leave behind stable, friendly governments in Afghanistan and Iraq. Iran appears to be trying to gain political ground amid the turmoil and to make the U.S. withdrawals as quick and painful as possible. "I think we are likely to see these Iranian-backed groups continue to maintain high attack levels" as the exit date nears, Maj. Gen. James Buchanan, the U.S. military's top spokesman in Iraq, said in an interview. "But they are not going to deter us from doing everything we can to help the Iraqi security forces." ... There is more. We need to be arming rebel groups inside Iran. The religious bigots in charge of Iran have been at war with the US since 1979, and we need to respond. TOP   Subscribe to: Posting Komentar (Atom) Pengikut Labels artis (1) bola (1) gosip (1) Kim Kardashian (6) news (1) politik (1) sport (1) Tante Tante Gosip (1) teves (1) Tante Tante Gosip. Diberdayakan oleh Blogger. Template Designed by SkinCorner | Sponsored by GosuBlogger Copyright © 2009 Complicated Girl. All Rights Reserved.