Now The Taliban Have Iranian Weapons
Weapons crossing the border from Iran to Afghanistan may be winding up in the hands of the Taliban, the hard-line Islamic militia that is battling U.S.- and NATO-led forces in Afghanistan, U.S. and British officials said.
Coalition officials in Afghanistan said they have intercepted Iranian-made AK-47s, C-4 plastic explosives and mortars. One explosively-formed penetrator bomb (EFP) that was found can pierce American armor, a NATO official said.
But a U.S. official who requested anonymity told CNN the United States believes Iran's supreme leaders know about these operations and could stop them if they wanted to.
Another U.S. official said Iran still sees the Taliban as an enemy but has a history of dealing with people it considers "nasty" as long as it is "congruent with Iran's overall objectives." In this case, Iran is "working the Taliban angle" to "bleed the U.S." in Afghanistan, the official said.
This is more of the proxy war Iran is engaging in towards the United States. Iran knows it cannot defeat us with their military, so they use terrorists to carry out their war. The sad part is we continue to let it happen.
It may be time to put those three aircraft carrier groups to good use. With that kind of firepower sitting off the coast of Iran, it would be over before they knew what happened.
