Gates: Taliban Getting Weapons From Iran

[Terri]

By LOLITA C. BALDOR
Associated Press
June 14, 2007

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (AP) -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates tied Iran's government to large shipments of weapons to the Taliban in Afghanistan and said Wednesday such quantities were unlikely without Tehran's knowledge.

Gates' comments, following accusations by a State Department official, were the strongest yet by a Cabinet secretary about Iran's support of the terrorist group in Afghanistan.

Basing his conclusions on new intelligence, Gates said ''given the quantities (of weapons) that we're seeing, it is difficult to believe that it is associated with smuggling or the drug business or that it's taking place without the knowledge of the Iranian government.''

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