Wednesday, June 20, 2007

ADMINISTRATION AND NATO DISAGREE ON IRAN ARMS TO AFGHANISTAN

"... a State Department official publicly accused Iran for the first time of arming the Taliban forces last week, but the U.S. commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan rejected that charge for the second time in less than two weeks... Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns declared in Paris Jun. 12 that Iran was "transferring arms to the Taliban in Afghanistan"... But the NATO commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Dan McNeill... (said) that he did not agree with the charge...."
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=38244