New weapons from Iran turning up on Mideast battlefields: Abizaid

[ECH1969]

A new armor-busting rocket-propelled grenade believed to be of Iranian origin has shown up in Iraq in what may be "a hint about things to come," the commander of US forces in the Middle East said.

General John Abizaid said the weapon, an RPG-29, has a dual warhead and has proved effective against most types of armored vehicles. "The first time we saw it was not in Iraq. We saw it in Lebanon. So to me it indicates, number one, an Iranian connection," he told defense reporters here.

He said longer-range Chinese rockets that looked new also have been found in Iraq. Abizaid said he believed the Chinese rockets came from Iran although they may have been taken from the arms inventories of the former Iraqi regime and cleaned up. "It looked brand new to us," he said.

The new weapons are in addition to more sophisticated roadside bombs with explosively shaped charges that the US military has long charged are being manufactured in Iran and brought into the country by Iran's Revolutionary Guards-Quds Force.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060919/pl_afp/usiraqiranmilitary_060919201710

[cspanlovr]

1. Oy!

[plasticsundance]

2. Well ... they're planning everything really nicely

to shoot themselves in the foot. Start playing with the rhetoric before November, and after November ... guess who is in the cross hairs.

[RethugAssKicker]

3. Inch by Inch.... the bastards prepare us for the Iranian Invasion.

[bemildred]

4. Gee, who could have predicted this?

I expect we will see tactics from Lebanon proliferating too.

[pinerow]

5. I see aluminium tubes...mobile bio factories...wait...

that was another war...:toast:

[liberalmuse]

6. What a shock!

Being that they're one of the few countries in the ME that American ('Bush') policies have not yet destroyed, I'm guessing they have time and feel they have good reason to sell weapons to their neighbors.

[daleo]

7. I hear some American weapons have shown up in Iraq, too

Along with an invasion and occupation army. They say the whole venture was predicated on lies told by the president to the congress and people, and by the secretary of state to the United Nations.

[Kelvin Mace]

8. Let's play count the weasel words and phrases

in this story, shall we?

http://www.thoughtcrimes.org/s9/index.php?/archives/1050-Speaking-of-Iran....html

[bullimiami]

9. i would be nice if I could see any info from our govenment or military

and not have to wonder if its false or what purpose it is supposed to serve.