Iran accused of arming both sides in sectarian divide
American military officials say weapons that appear to have been manufactured in Iran as recently as last year have turned up in the past week in a predominantly Sunni area.
The chief spokesman for the American military command in Iraq, Major-General William Caldwell, said that prisoners in US custody had said Iranian intelligence agents were supporting Sunni insurgents, and that surrogates for the Iranian intelligence service also were training Shiite extremists in Iran.
"We have in fact found some cases recently where Iranian intelligence sources have provided to Sunni insurgent groups some support," said General Caldwell, who sat near a table covered with arms that he said were largely of Iranian manufacture. They were found in a mostly Sunni neighbourhood in Baghdad, he said.
The US has previously suggested an Iranian link with Shiite militants in Iraq, but the accusation of a link between the Iranian intelligence service and Sunni insurgents is new.
Arm the Shiites to kill the Sunnis, you bet, Arm the Sunnis to kill your own Shiite brethren, you bet, and if you can kill some Americans along the way, you get a gold star.
When will we wake up to the fact that we are already at war with Iran? Or more to the point, they are at war with us.
1 comment:
That would be no different than what the US did when it armed both sides during the Iran-Iraq war. Remember that whole Iran-contra thing?
The US is at war with everything and everyone. War on terror, drugs, poverty, etc. We don't wake up and see Iranian gunboats off our coast, but the Iranians can't say the same. Which nation is at war?
Post a Comment