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Syrian diplomat reportedly passing military intel to Israel and US
2012-06-22
[Times of Israel] Serving envoy, trusted by Damascus
...The City of Jasmin is the oldest continuously-inhabited city in the world. It has not always been inhabited by the same set of fascisti...
, has detailed how Iran arms Hezbollah via Syria, according to TV report

A serving Syrian diplomat, trusted by the Assad regime, has been passing intelligence material to Israel and to the United States, an Israeli TV station reported on Thursday night.

The information that has reached Israel includes details of the means by which Iran has been channeling arms on land and sea via Syria to Hezbollah in Leb, Channel 10 News reported.

The intelligence information is being transferred via a reliable intermediary, the report said. Israeli recipients include a minister in the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a Knesset member with a background in the security establishment, it added.

Though trusted by Damascus, the diplomat is actually a firm supporter of the Syrian opposition, the report said, and his activities are part of wider efforts at contact between Syrian opposition figures and Israel.

The TV report came on the same day as a far more overt display of disloyalty to Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
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: A Syrian fighter pilot on a training mission flew his MiG-21 warplane to Jordan and asked for political asylum, the first defection of an air force pilot with his plane during the 15-month uprising against Assad.
Posted by:trailing wife

#1  Last night's night news stopped just short of reporting CIA operators in Turkey had been training the Syrian opposition on the ground in Syria. The opposition weapons pictured in the broadcast were of Soviet or Eastern Block manufacture and all appeared to be very new.

Appears to be another Obama "good war" distraction in the making.
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-06-22 07:20  

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