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| Iran: Saudis Won’t Dare Send Troops to Syria |
| 2016-02-07 |
| The Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari, said Saudi Arabia wouldn't dare send ground troops to war-torn Syria. Riyadh has said it could "contribute positively" if the US-led in Syria decided on ground action. But Major General Ali Jafari, commander of the Guards, said such a move would amount to suicide for Saudi Arabia.IRGC Chief Major General Mohamamd Ali Jaafari "I don't think they would dare do that... If they do, they will inflict a coup de grace on themselves," he said, according to Fars news agency, a media outlet close to the Guards. "They thought that through support and financial aid they could make gains in Syria but the recent victories by the resistance front have disrupted all of their calculations," Jafari said. For his part, Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran's Expediency Council and a former chief of the Guards, also poured scorn on Saudi Arabia's possible presence on the ground in Syria. "In such a situation, the clash of Russia, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Syria together, and then the entrance of America... eventually a large regional war is possible," the official IRNA news agency quoted him as saying. If the Saudi government, known for "madly taking action", embarked on such a move the entire region other than Iran but "including Saudi Arabia, will be consumed by |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #2 Both the KSA + Turkey are repor denying having any plans to intervene in SYria. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2016-02-07 23:03 |
| #1 See also RELATED CNN? IRAN COMMANDER MOCKS SAUDI [+ Turkey] OFFER TO INTERVENE IN SYRIA. and * RUSSIA TODAY > SAUDI INVASION OF SYRIA? THE BLUFF THAT COULD IGNITE WORLD WAR 3. * FREEREPUBLIC > [FNA] SOURCE: 150,000 SAUDI MERCENARIES [KSA-led Sunni Coalition] READY TO ENTER SYRIA. Alleged Military + Paramilitary forces or mil elements from various Islamic Regional Allies of the KSA. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2016-02-07 23:02 |