Chinese Weapons in Iran
China’s arms dealing has lead to many Chinese made weapons ending up killing Americans in Iraq. It is hard to prove that the Chinese government is involved but considering that China is a tightly controlled state, it is hard to believe they are not complicit in these arms deals.
The manufacture of explosively formed projectile (EFP) bombs, that can pierce even heavily armed vehicles like tanks has become relatively simple and may be done by insurgents but the technological know how and in some cases parts, like precisely shaped copper disks, may be coming from Iran or others.
See: Chinese Weapons in Iraq
Iran repainting Chinese weapons, smuggling them into Iraq
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
BAGHDAD — U.S. military officials said Iran has supplied Chinese-origin weapons to insurgency forces in Iraq.
The U.S. military has found caches of Chinese weapons modified in and smuggled by Iran. Officials said they included 107 mm rockets as well as 60 mm and 82 mm mortars.
"Most of the 107 [mm] rockets we see are Chinese manufacture, Chinese origin," Maj. Marty Weber told a U.S. military briefing in Baghdad on April 11. "But what we see is, we will see Iran buy them, and then they will repaint them, remark them and then sell them on the open market for themselves."
China Arming Iran
China Arming Iran, Iran To Terrorists, Chinese Weapons Used Against U.S. Troops The Bush administration has been trying to hide or downplay the intelligence reports to protect its pro-business policies toward China, and to continue to claim that China is helping the United States in the war on terrorism. U.S. officials have openly criticized Iran for the arms transfers but so far there has been no mention that China is a main supplier.
Defense officials are upset that Chinese weapons are being used to kill Americans. “Americans are being killed by Chinese-supplied weapons, with the full knowledge and understanding of Beijing where these weapons are going,” one official said.
Chinese Made Armour Piercing Rounds Found in Iraq and Afghanistan
Chinese-Made Armor-Piercing Bullets Found in Iraq, Afganistan
Richard Lawless, the departing senior Pentagon official for Asia, on -Friday said that Washington had flagged the issue with -Beijing. US officials have become increasingly alarmed that Chinese armour-piercing ammunition has been used by the Taliban in Afghanistan and by insurgents in Iraq.
A senior US official recently told the Financial Times that Iran appeared to be providing the Chinese-made weapons. The official said Washington had no evidence that Beijing was complicit but stressed that the US would like China to "do a better job of policing these sales". Mr Lawless said the question of origin was less important than who was facilitating the transfer.
Apparently, the Chinese-origin armor-piercing bullets issue surfaced last month during the Dragon Skin armor debate, but this appears to be first time a senior Pentagon official has confirmed the report. [Pictured above are U.S. military standard armor-piercing bullets.]
The Struggle for Iraq
THE STRUGGLE FOR IRAQ; Behind U.S. Pressure on Iran, Long-Held Worry Over a Deadly Device in Iraq By MICHAEL R. GORDON and SCOTT SHANE Published: March 27, 2007 More than 20 months ago, the United States secretly sent Iran a diplomatic protest charging that Tehran was supplying lethal roadside explosive devices to Shiite extremists in Iraq, according to American officials familiar with the message.
The July 19, 2005, protest -- blandly titled ''Message from the United States to the Government of Iran'' -- informed the Iranians that a British soldier had been killed by one of the devices in Maysan Province in eastern Iraq.
Some Democrats in Congress, while critical of many aspects of Bush administration policy toward Iraq and Iran, say they are persuaded by the intelligence pointing to an Iranian role in supplying E.F.P.'s (explosively formed projectiles).
The manufacture of explosively formed projectile (EFP) bombs, that can pierce even heavily armed vehicles like tanks has become relatively simple and may be done by insurgents but the technological know how and in some cases parts, like precisely shaped copper disks, may be coming from Iran or others.
See: Chinese Weapons in Iraq
Iran repainting Chinese weapons, smuggling them into Iraq
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
BAGHDAD — U.S. military officials said Iran has supplied Chinese-origin weapons to insurgency forces in Iraq.
The U.S. military has found caches of Chinese weapons modified in and smuggled by Iran. Officials said they included 107 mm rockets as well as 60 mm and 82 mm mortars.
"Most of the 107 [mm] rockets we see are Chinese manufacture, Chinese origin," Maj. Marty Weber told a U.S. military briefing in Baghdad on April 11. "But what we see is, we will see Iran buy them, and then they will repaint them, remark them and then sell them on the open market for themselves."
China Arming Iran
China Arming Iran, Iran To Terrorists, Chinese Weapons Used Against U.S. Troops The Bush administration has been trying to hide or downplay the intelligence reports to protect its pro-business policies toward China, and to continue to claim that China is helping the United States in the war on terrorism. U.S. officials have openly criticized Iran for the arms transfers but so far there has been no mention that China is a main supplier.
Defense officials are upset that Chinese weapons are being used to kill Americans. “Americans are being killed by Chinese-supplied weapons, with the full knowledge and understanding of Beijing where these weapons are going,” one official said.
Chinese Made Armour Piercing Rounds Found in Iraq and Afghanistan
Chinese-Made Armor-Piercing Bullets Found in Iraq, Afganistan
- By Sharon Weinberger
- July 13, 2007 |
Richard Lawless, the departing senior Pentagon official for Asia, on -Friday said that Washington had flagged the issue with -Beijing. US officials have become increasingly alarmed that Chinese armour-piercing ammunition has been used by the Taliban in Afghanistan and by insurgents in Iraq.
A senior US official recently told the Financial Times that Iran appeared to be providing the Chinese-made weapons. The official said Washington had no evidence that Beijing was complicit but stressed that the US would like China to "do a better job of policing these sales". Mr Lawless said the question of origin was less important than who was facilitating the transfer.
Apparently, the Chinese-origin armor-piercing bullets issue surfaced last month during the Dragon Skin armor debate, but this appears to be first time a senior Pentagon official has confirmed the report. [Pictured above are U.S. military standard armor-piercing bullets.]
The Struggle for Iraq
THE STRUGGLE FOR IRAQ; Behind U.S. Pressure on Iran, Long-Held Worry Over a Deadly Device in Iraq By MICHAEL R. GORDON and SCOTT SHANE Published: March 27, 2007 More than 20 months ago, the United States secretly sent Iran a diplomatic protest charging that Tehran was supplying lethal roadside explosive devices to Shiite extremists in Iraq, according to American officials familiar with the message.
The July 19, 2005, protest -- blandly titled ''Message from the United States to the Government of Iran'' -- informed the Iranians that a British soldier had been killed by one of the devices in Maysan Province in eastern Iraq.
Some Democrats in Congress, while critical of many aspects of Bush administration policy toward Iraq and Iran, say they are persuaded by the intelligence pointing to an Iranian role in supplying E.F.P.'s (explosively formed projectiles).