After the defeat of Saddams army many x-soldiers took their weapons with them or threw them away. In the first weeks you could see piles of AK-47 on the streets of Bagdad. And nearly every iraqi has at least one gun. Have you seen the pictures, when the soccer team of iraq had won the Asian Championship. Everywhere Iraquis in Bagdad, a AK in their hand and firing in the air.
These weapons were not from Iran.
Saddams Iraq got so many weapons from his allies of the "civilized world" during the 8 years of Iran-Iraq War that this country now has enough weapons. They simply are not dependant of iranian weapon deliveries.
Also there were too few occupation forces in Iraq to prevent that many weapons of the former Saddam army were stolen from the arsenals.
Iran produces weapons like the german G3 or the Heckler and Koch MP and also russian types of weapons.
I am also sure that Iran also helps the shi ites in iraq - like Saudi Arabia helps the sunnites in Iraq.
But to think that Iran would help the sunnite enemy - especially the sunnite Al Kaida is ridiculous.
Iran always fought against the sunnite terrorists of Al Kaida and the Talibans.
In east Iran, in the province of Belutshistan the Al Kaida is fighting against iranian troops a guerilla war.
In the west province of Khusistan Al Kaida performs bomb attacks against civilian targets.
When Al Kaida made its 9/11 terror act against the WTC Iran was shocked and angry. There were demonstrations in many iranian cities against this act of terrorism. But also this was not mentioned in western media.
Its easier to think that Iran celebrated this terror act in a big pool party with Osama and his Al Kaida creatures.
The Al Kaida leaders in Iraq define the shi ites as subhumans and bomb especially shi ite targets like mosques and civilians. Check some speaches of the Al Kaida leader Al-Sarkawi (who has been eliminated meanwhile) about the shi ites. Its like reading speaches of Hitler or Himmler about the Jews. He defined them as subhumans who have to be exterminated.
The idea that Iran would equip these sunnite forces is only a propaganda gag of some western media.
But Iran is one of the strongest enemies of Al Kaida and the Taliban.
Long before 9/11, when the Taliban were supported by US-allies, like Pakistan or Saudi-Arabia, Iran was supporting the Northern Alliance - the civil war enemy of Al Kaida.
When the Al Kaida tried to destabilize the former soviet republic of Tadjikistan Iran helped the tadjik (I hopr the spelling is correct) government to win against the sunnite terrorists.
But sure - such things are never mentioned in western media.
Instead you get reports that iran is delivering weapons to Al Kaida and surely it was an iranian iceberg which sunk the Titanic
