Iran Funneling New Weapons To Insurgents In Iraq And Afghansitan

The Huffington Post - July 2nd, 2011

wsj.com: TEHRAN--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.

"wsj.com: TEHRAN--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"and other coalition positions from a safer distance. Read the whole story: wsj.com

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The Huffington Post - July 2nd, 2011