Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Senior U.S. Diplomat Says Iran Sending Weapons To Taliban


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."
Read the story in full at link below...
U.S.: Iran sending weapons to Taliban
DoS File Photo of R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary, Political Affairs
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>>> CHRON.com has this take on the story...
Diplomat: NATO intercepts Iran weapons shipments to Taliban

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