Politics > Politics-USA > NATO chief- US General Dan McNeill does NOT back Bush admin propaganda on Iran arming Taliban
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21 Apr 2007 10:35:02 AM |
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NATO chief- US General Dan McNeill does NOT back Bush admin propaganda on Iran arming Taliban |
NATO chief cannot confirm Iranian arms in Afghanistan
This article linked from: antiwar.com
(as are many posts seen in this NG)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070419/pl_afp/usiranafghanistan
Thu Apr 19
KABUL (AFP) - The commander of NATO forces in
Afghanistan, US General Dan McNeill, said Thursday
he was unable to confirm the interception
Iranian-made mortars and explosives in the country.
"I don't deny that position and I'm very interested
how the insurgents might be helped and who might
have helped the insurgents," McNeill told reporters
in the Afghan capital.
"Obviously, the US Secretary of Defense and Joint
Chiefs of Staff have far more information than I do
right now," he added.
General Peter Pace, the chairman of the US Joint
Chiefs, said Tuesday that coalition forces had
intercepted Iranian-made mortars and explosives in
Afghanistan destined for the Taliban.
After 30 years of war, Afghanistan is awash with
weapons of all kinds and of different origins. Iran, in
particular, furnished the Northern Alliance with weapons during their
struggle against the Taliban government.
Mcneill, the head of the International Security
Assistance Force (ISAF), also said he had no hard
intelligence on the existence of training camps for
Afghan insurgents in Iranian territory.
"There is no report of that fact," he said.
A number of American officials have accused the
Iranian Revolutionary Guards of training and arming
Shiite militants in Iraq.
This article linked from: antiwar.com
(as are many posts seen in this NG)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070419/pl_afp/usiranafghanistan
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| User: "sigma" |
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| Title: Re: NATO chief- US General Dan McNeill does NOT back Bush admin propaganda on Iran arming Taliban |
21 Apr 2007 10:49:48 AM |
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"can_o_worms" <can_o_worms@bogus.com> wrote in message
news:6kek23108jrpl5iod2u4ik7cdlmnmbl6ru@4ax.com...
NATO chief cannot confirm Iranian arms in Afghanistan
This article linked from: antiwar.com
(as are many posts seen in this NG)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070419/pl_afp/usiranafghanistan
Thu Apr 19
KABUL (AFP) - The commander of NATO forces in
Afghanistan, US General Dan McNeill, said Thursday
he was unable to confirm the interception
Iranian-made mortars and explosives in the country.
He hadn't recieved the corrected version yet. By tuesday he will be on the
same page. General Pace is another one of them 'born-agains" so
everything he says will be slanted in the direction of protecting Israel.
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| User: "can_o_worms" |
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| Title: Re: NATO chief- US General Dan McNeill does NOT back Bush admin propaganda on Iran arming Taliban |
21 Apr 2007 11:10:02 AM |
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On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 15:49:48 GMT, "sigma" <sigmatimesone@yahoo.com>
wrote:
"can_o_worms" <can_o_worms@bogus.com> wrote in message
news:6kek23108jrpl5iod2u4ik7cdlmnmbl6ru@4ax.com...
NATO chief cannot confirm Iranian arms in Afghanistan
This article linked from: antiwar.com
(as are many posts seen in this NG)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070419/pl_afp/usiranafghanistan
Thu Apr 19
KABUL (AFP) - The commander of NATO forces in
Afghanistan, US General Dan McNeill, said Thursday
he was unable to confirm the interception
Iranian-made mortars and explosives in the country.
He hadn't recieved the corrected version yet. By tuesday he will be on the
same page. General Pace is another one of them 'born-agains" so
everything he says will be slanted in the direction of protecting Israel.
Great
Another holy ***** in Junior's administration.
NATO Generals like Wesley Clark seem to be cut from
different cloth though. Generals in Iraq have sometimes
been at odds with administration propaganda but I don't
know their fate for giving the wrong answers to reporters
questions.
I imagine there are plenty of Iranian weapons in Afghanistan
since they supplied the Northern Alliance for years.
--
Informed Comment
(on Middle East esp. Iraq)
Juan Cole's most informative website :
http://www.juancole.com/
Tracking efforts to stifle open debate about
US-Israeli foreign policy:
http://www.muzzlewatch.org/
.
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