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| Western Report Says Iran Ships Arms To Syria Via Iraq |
| 2012-09-20 |
| Iran has been using civilian aircraft to fly military personnel and large quantities of weapons across Iraqi airspace to Syria to aid Syrian President Assad in his attempt to crush an 18-month uprising against his government, according to a Western intelligence report seen by Rooters. Earlier this month, US officials said they were questioning Iraq about Iranian flights in Iraqi airspace suspected of ferrying arms to Assad, a staunch Iranian ally. Iraq says it does not allow the passage of any weapons through its airspace. But an intelligence report obtained by Rooters says Iranian weapons have been flowing into Syria via Iraq in large quantities. Such transfers, the report says, are organized by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. "This is part of a revised Iranian modus operandi that US officials have only recently addressed publicly, following previous statements to the contrary," said the report, a copy of which was provided by a UN diplomatic source. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #5 IIRC the US claims it can identify up to 117? various aircraft used by Iran to sneakily-sneak the alleged weapons into Syrua vee Iraqi airspace. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-09-20 22:43 |
| #4 and despite all the help from Iran, Assad is only holding his own in a violent stalemate with the rebels It took 18 months for the Marines to clear Fallujah (most of that time holding off in fear of triggering a national insurrection against Coalition forces), and we had unlimited hardware and other supplies. Not to mention we were fighting a Sunni minority, whereas Assad is fighting a Sunni majority. Add on the fact that Aleppo has 7x Fallujah's population, and it's no surprise Aleppo's in contention 2 months after hostilities began there. Without NATO intervention, the rebels are finished. The only thing in question is how long the rebels can hold out before they either stage a last stand or go into exile. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2012-09-20 21:03 |
| #3 Assad is losing territory and his supply of reliable troops is shrinking. No sub-saharan mercenaries for Assad. And Hezbollah must be messing their pants. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2012-09-20 11:53 |
| #2 I assume re-activating the Northern No-Fly Zone out of the US Air Base in Incirlik, Turkey would perhaps be totally out of the question ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-09-20 10:27 |
| #1 and despite all the help from Iran, Assad is only holding his own in a violent stalemate with the rebels |
| Posted by: lord garth 2012-09-20 10:15 |