Britiske muslimer sender eller overbringer personlig elektroniske komponenter til Taliban som gjør det mulig å bygge fjernstyrte bomber som dreper britiske soldater. Utenriksminister David Miliband fikk overlevert bevisene da han var på en snartur til Afghanistan sist uke.

Britiske soldater har vært flinke til å nedkjempe Taliban i åpen strid. De tyr derfor mer og mer til IED, nedgravde bomber som fjernutløses. Analyse av bombene viser at komponenter kommer fra Storbritannia.

In a briefing on British operations in southern Afghanistan by Brigadier Gordon Messenger, the Royal Marine commander of the British battlegroup, Mr Miliband was shown examples of the crude, home-made devices that are being used in attacks against British patrols.

They included mobile phones filled with explosives, which could kill or seriously injure British soldiers patrolling on foot, and more sophisticated devices that can be used against military vehicles.

Explosives experts who have examined the devices say they have found British-made electronic components that enable Taliban insurgents to detonate their home-made, road-side bombs by remote control.

The electronic devices smuggled into Afghanistan from Britain range from basic remote control units that are normally used to fly model airplanes to more advanced components that enable insurgents to conduct attacks from up to a mile away from British patrols.

«We have found electronic components in devices used to target British troops that originally come from Britain,» a British explosives officer told Mr Miliband during a detailed briefing on the type of improvised explosive device (IED) used against British forces.

When asked how the components had reached Afghanistan, the officer explained that they had either been sent from Britain, or physically brought to Afghanistan by British Muslims who had flown over.

The disclosure is the latest in a string of suggestions from British commanders about the connections between British Muslims and violence in Afghanistan.

Det må være en tung erkjennelse for Miliband å ta inn over seg at britiske borgere deltar aktivt på fiendens side.

I august fortalte tidligere britisk øverstkommanderende i Afghanistan at de trodde det var Taliban-soldater med britiske pass. Overvåking av Talibans kommunikasjoner har avslørt aksenter fra Midlands og Yorkshire.

Britene har mistet 145 mann i Afghanistan. Mange pga improvised explosive devices, dvs. veibomber.

British Muslims ‘providing Taliban with electronic devices for roadside bombs’