NATO seizes Iranian arms bound for Taliban
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NATO troops captured a three-truck convoy carrying 50 122 millimeter rockets in Southern Nirmuz, near the Iranian and Pakistani borders, the official said.
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The Associate Press reported rockets are capable of being fired up to 13 miles away from the target, and have an 80 foot explosion, a figure double that of what was previous provided to the Taliban from Iran since 2006, the official said.Hmmm.
Labels: Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, weapons smuggling
1 Comments:
by the way, I think the size of those rockets (122mm), "The most powerful evah", are the same size Grad rockets hitting Israel on a quite normal basis.
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