Friday, November 03, 2006
Iraqis find donkeys carrying explosives on Iranian border
Security
Iraqi security forces patrolling near the Iranian border found six donkeys carrying dozens of high-explosive anti-tank mines, the U.S. military said in a statement on Thursday. The military said two men fled the scene in the religiously-mixed Diyala province where the insurgency is active. It was not clear from the statement where the donkeys, a common form of transport in the region, had come from. U.S. officials have often accused Iran of arming militant groups in Iraq. The statement said Iraqi forces seized 53 Russian- and Italian-made anti-tank landmines and one anti-tank projectile. "The donkeys were later released unharmed into the local area," the military said.
COMMENT: The U.S. and the British have long accused Iran of smuggling weapons into Iraq, which Iran denies. COMMENT ENDS.
