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New Wed 9 Mar 11 18:32 
 Iranian weapons - SteelSpark
Not exactly groundbreaking news that Iran are arming the Taliban.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12694266

Under international law, if you are at war with somebody, what is the situation with another country arming the people you are fighting, while hostilities are ongoing?

Are they a legitimate target?
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New Wed 9 Mar 11 19:01 
 Iranian weapons - Old Navy
You mean like Libya arming the IRA?
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New Wed 9 Mar 11 19:18 
 Iranian weapons - SteelSpark
>> You mean like Libya arming the IRA?

Forget them arming the IRA, what about them blowing up Pan Am Flight 103?

It's amazing that, post 9/11, Gadaffi wasn't very near the top of the US hit list.

I know that he paid the families off ($10 million each)...I wonder if Bin Laden could do the same if he managed to scrape together $30 billion (3,000 x $10 million each).
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New Wed 9 Mar 11 20:28 
 Iranian weapons - Dog
Leave Iran alone for gawds sake - they being surrounded by American military bases - put yourself in their shoes!
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New Thu 10 Mar 11 11:40 
 Iranian weapons - FotheringtonTomas
Or the USA (or us) arming all and sundry?

Iran? See: www.iranchamber.com/history/articles/arming_iraq.php
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New Thu 10 Mar 11 11:48 
 Iranian weapons - movilogo
>> Under international law, if you are at war with somebody

There is no law in war. The winning party re-writes the laws.

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New Thu 10 Mar 11 12:09 
 Iranian weapons - Chris S
I'm surprised the Iranians are arming the Taliban - the Iranians are Shia Muslims, the Taliban are Sunni.

There's virtually a civil war between the two in Iraq and other parts of the
Islamic world.
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New Thu 10 Mar 11 12:11 
 Iranian weapons - Alanovich
My enemy's enemy is my friend.
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New Thu 10 Mar 11 13:17 
 Iranian weapons - Zero
>> My enemy's enemy is my friend.

for now, while it suits me
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New Thu 10 Mar 11 13:22 
 Iranian weapons - Alanovich
Naturally.
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New Thu 10 Mar 11 13:25 
 Iranian weapons - sooty123
>> I'm surprised the Iranians are arming the Taliban - the Iranians are Shia Muslims, the
>> Taliban are Sunni.
>>
>> There's virtually a civil war between the two in Iraq and other parts of the
>> Islamic world.
>>

A think the report uses Taliban as a general word for insurgents. It covers a pretty broad church.
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New Thu 10 Mar 11 13:26 
 Iranian weapons - Zero
Even a pretty broad Mosque.
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New Thu 10 Mar 11 13:44 
 Iranian weapons - Dog
>>A think the report uses Taliban as a general word for insurgents. It covers a pretty broad church<<

ditto al-Qaeda.
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New Thu 10 Mar 11 16:12 
 Iranian weapons - SteelSpark
>> >> Under international law, if you are at war with somebody
>>
>> There is no law in war. The winning party re-writes the laws.

Sure there is

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_war
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