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Edition: U.S. Article Comments (8) Save Email Print Reprints Most Popular Most Shared WRAPUP 4-BP fails to plug oil well with 'top kill' 29 May 2010 WRAPUP 2-U.S. Gulf demands BP, govt do more to halt oil spill 11:06am EDT Bankruptcy talk spreads among Calif. muni officials 27 May 2010 Hollywood hellraiser Dennis Hopper dead at 74 | Video 29 May 2010 Gulf demands BP and government do more to halt oil spill | Video 11:28am EDT BP well disaster stuns hardened oil men 27 May 2010 Berkshire confirms Buffett subpoenaed to testify 28 May 2010 China urges region to step back from Korea clash | Video 10:54am EDT Israel rejects call to join anti-nuclear treaty 29 May 2010 Business Books: Why Russia and China will eat your lunch 28 May 2010 U.S. reverses stance on treaty to regulate arms trade 14 Oct 2009 Bankruptcy talk spreads among Calif. muni officials 27 May 2010 Business Books: Why Russia and China will eat your lunch 28 May 2010 Israel rejects call to join anti-nuclear treaty 29 May 2010 Gulf demands BP and government do more to halt oil spill | Video 11:28am EDT Hollywood hellraiser Dennis Hopper dead at 74 | Video 29 May 2010 WRAPUP 4-BP fails to plug oil well with 'top kill' 29 May 2010 Pakistan's Facebook ban drives minister to Twitter 26 May 2010 Justin Bieber among black entertainment nominees 18 May 2010 WRAPUP 2-U.S. Gulf demands BP, govt do more to halt oil spill 11:06am EDT General McChrystal says Afghan insurgents trained in Iran Sanjeev Miglani KABUL Sun May 30, 2010 7:28am EDT U.S. Army General Stanley McChrystal, commander of the U.S. Forces in Afghanistan, listens to a question from a reporters in the briefing room of the White House in Washington May 10, 2010. Credit: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan insurgents are being trained inside Iran and given weapons to fight security forces, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces said on Sunday, joining a rising drumbeat of criticism of Iran's role in the country. World General Stanley McChrystal said coalition forces were working to stop Iran from giving material help to the Taliban who have stepped up the campaign to force foreign forces out of Afghanistan in a nine-year conflict. "The training that we have seen occurs inside Iran with fighters moving inside Iran," he said at a news conference in response to a question on Iran's influence. "The weapons that we have received come from Iran into Afghanistan." The United States, battling a Taliban insurgency at its worst, has frequently accused Iran of providing some assistance to insurgents in Afghanistan, although Washington says it has not been nearly as important a factor as in Iraq, Iran's other neighbor, where U.S. troops are waging war. In March, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen said there had been a significant shipment of Iranian arms to fighters in the southern province of Kandahar. U.S. forces are preparing for an offensive in Kandahar, the spiritual capital of the Taliban, this summer in what is seen a turning point in the war to force the insurgents to the negotiating table for a settlement of the conflict. Iran denies supporting militant groups opposed to Afghan President Hamid Karzai's government, and says it has a stake in the security of the neighboring state. Tehran's economic influence in Afghanistan has grown rapidly in recent years, especially in the West, where cross-border trade is brisk. A dialect of Iran's Farsi language is one of two state languages in Afghanistan, and Iran hosted millions of Afghan refugees during decades of conflict. McChrystal said Iran, as a neighbor, had natural interests in Afghanistan and to a certain extent the assistance and interaction it provided was healthy. "There is however clear evidence of Iranian activity, in some cases of providing weapons and training to the Taliban that is inappropriate," he said. Iran backed the Northern Alliance in the war against the Sunni Muslim Taliban in the 1990s, but security analysts said Tehran's intelligence services could be helping elements in the Taliban as a tool against the United States. (Editing by David Fox) World Comments See All Comments (8) | Post Comment May 30, 2010 10:15am EDT Hoo boy, here comes another drumbeat for war with Iran. I’ve lost count as to how many there have been — I remember Hillary Clinton stating (without citing any source) that Iran was in violation of the NNPT (Iran is NOT in violation of any treaty), Israel of course has been beside itself trying to get the US to smite another one of its numerous enemies in the region — McChrystal says “insurgents” trained in Iran… did the USSR whine and make up nonsense stories when it was having its rear end handed to it in Afghanistan? Aren’t “insurgents” actually patriotic Afghans doing what you or I would do in the same situation? BRING ‘EM HOME ALREADY. Let Unocal BUY the oil rather than stealing it! xwagner Report As Abusive May 30, 2010 10:47am EDT When Isreal gets tired of Iran calling for it’s distruction and decides to take out the nukes that they are developing under our sanctioning noses, we will have troops on two fronts and the Persian gulf. Iran backs Terrorist regimes in Syria and Lebonon, ships arms to Palestinians and does whatever it can to promote terror against anyone that they believe to be infedales.No surprise that they would arm our enemies. I think the younger generation,better educated and not so influenced by the radical revolution,will make a difference in how the country deals with outside beliefs, but until then, we need to “keep a boot to the throat”. elarrgerht Report As Abusive May 30, 2010 10:48am EDT @xwagner You’re trying to paint a romantic picture of the insurgents in Afghanistan, and an idyllic picture of the regime in Iran. If it weren’t pathetic it would be ridiculous, since we all know that the ‘insurgents’ are no other than the fallen Taliban regime – one of the most oppressive and abusive regimes in modern times. And we also know that the regime in Iran is thriving on hate, fear, oppression and aggression. We also know that the Taliban are best friend with Bin-Laden’s mass-murder and terror organization, and we know that the regime in Iran is doing its best to destabilize the Middle East and prevent any progress in understanding and peace from taking place there. yr2009 Report As Abusive May 30, 2010 11:01am EDT Simply put……Coalition forces in Iraq & Afghanistan need to extend military operations into Iran. Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan could be melted into one de-centralized government and reorganized into seperate states that better recognize religious and ethnic backgrounds. George38 Report As Abusive May 30, 2010 11:01am EDT I bet the opposition forces Saudi Arabia are giving aid to the insurgents. Just like most of the alleged 9/11 attackers were Saudi’s. But the gov’t (absolute monarchy, funny how a lot of the gov’ts US supported were dictators and such) is a US ally and their ruling families (like the bin Laden’s, yes the same one that Osama is from) are buddy buddy partners (in oil) with US ruling families like the Bush’s. So can’t go attacking their ruling buddies in Saudi Arabia. wake6138 Report As Abusive May 30, 2010 11:11am EDT And who supported the “Taliban” before and guys like Osama bin Laden? (Hint: well, we called them freedom fighters then, during the Soviet invasion). And who armed and put Saddam into power, when he was apparently doing US a favor by going to war with Iran? wake6138 Report As Abusive May 30, 2010 11:16am EDT The Bush regime actually meant to go after Iran instead of Iraq, but the names sounded so much the same… fireturtler Report As Abusive May 30, 2010 11:20am EDT McCrystal is LYING. There’s no way in the world that Shi’ite Iran would help the Wahabbi Taliban. Wahabbis consider Shi’ites as infidels. Taliban get their aid from Saudi dictator govt. Saudi Arabia does not want peace in Afghanistan. An oil pipeline from Central Asia would lower the oil prices, thus damage Saudis. Taliban share Saudi religion (wahabbism, an offshoot of Islam that is not Islamic). Aeronaut00 Report As Abusive See All Comments (8) Add a Comment *We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language or appear to be spam and review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. 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