Iran supplying weapons to Taliban

Reuters:

Iranian weapons headed for Taliban fighters were intercepted in Afghanistan in the last month, according to the United States' top general on Tuesday.

Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, stopped short of saying Iran's government had provided the weapons. Instead, he said he was not sure which Iranian "entity" was responsible.

His comments mark the first U.S. accusations that Iran's Shi'ite government could be helping the Sunni Taliban. The Bush administration regularly accuses Iranian forces of supplying and training insurgents in Iraq.

"It is not as clear in Afghanistan which Iranian entity is responsible but we have intercepted weapons in Afghanistan headed for the Taliban that were made in Iran," Pace told reporters in Washington.

"We do not know with the same clarity we know in Iraq who is delivering those weapons, who is involved," he said.

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That last sentence is pretty puzzling since the military has said they are not sure who in Iran is responsible for supplying the enemy in Iraq either. It appears that Iran is trying to help our enemies wherever they are found. This is consistent with the fact that they have been at war with the US since 1979. At some point, like we are now with al Qaeda, we will be in a hot war with Iran. For now both sides are keeping it covert.