Iran gave al-Qaeda in Iraq SAM-7 missiles - report
- From: "Elected Newsgroup leader Chuck" <chuckadams05@xxxxxxx>
- Date: 13 May 2006 10:06:48 -0700
http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=7191
London, May 13 - Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC)
had provided the insurgent group al-Qaeda in Iraq heavy weapons
including anti-aircraft missiles, it emerged on Friday.
The Iraqi daily az-Zaman which is published in London and Baghdad
quoted credible Iraqi sources as revealing that the IRGC had given
al-Qaeda in Iraq, Strela-type SAM-7 surface-to-air missiles, modern
explosives, and a large number of personnel arms including Kalashnikovs
and BKC machineguns.
Al-Qaeda in Iraq is believed to be led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who is
on the United States' wanted list.
The report said that representatives of al-Zarqawi's group met in
Beirut with members of the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah and
through them established channels with Tehran.
Three close aides to al-Zarqawi travelled to Iran via a security
checkpoint in the Iraqi border province of al-Amara from where they met
with Iranian officials, the report added.
The United States and Iraqi officials have accused Iran's radical
Islamic government of sending agents and arms into Iraq to assist the
insurgency.
The IRGC was founded in the early days of the Islamic revolution in
1979 as an armed force loyal to Iran's clerical rulers. Its
commanders directly report to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and
their mission is to "protect and propagate" the Islamic revolution.
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