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Iran ships arms, personnel to Syria via Iraq
Iran has been using civilian aircraft to fly military personnel and large quantities of weapons across Iraqi airspace to Syria to aid President Bashar al-Assad in his attempt to crush an 18-month uprising against his government, according to a Western intelligence report seen by Reuters.
Earlier this month, U.S. officials said they were questioning Iraq about Iranian flights in Iraqi airspace suspected of ferrying arms to Assad, a staunch Iranian ally. On Wednesday, U.S. Senator John Kerry threatened to review U.S. aid to Baghdad if it does not halt such overflights.
Iraq says it does not allow the passage of any weapons through its airspace. But the intelligence report obtained by Reuters 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.
Source and full story: CNBC/Reuters, 19 Sept 2012
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Re: Iran ships arms, personnel to Syria via Iraq
Even if this story is true, my gut reaction is "so what"? Iran and Syria have a mutual defense pact, which means that if one is attacked, the other comes to its aid. This is not unlike the pact between NATO countries. NATO members have personnel crawling all over Syria, are supplying weaponry and aiding foreigners to overthrow the Assad regime. NATO members have no reason whatsoever under international law to be present in Syria, whereas the Iranians do.
Re: Iran ships arms, personnel to Syria via Iraq
The media is using stories like this to get everybody's mind back on the campaign to destroy Syria, and to once more forget about Libya, where the Resistance eliminated that gay US ambassador.