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2012-09-20 Iraq
Western Report Says Iran Ships Arms To Syria Via Iraq
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Posted by trailing wife 2012-09-20 07:18|| || Front Page|| [336091 views ]  Top
 File under: Govt of Iran 

#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||   2012-09-20 10:15|| Front Page Top

#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||   2012-09-20 10:27|| Front Page Top

#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||   2012-09-20 11:53|| Front Page Top

#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||   2012-09-20 21:03|| Front Page Top

#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||   2012-09-20 22:43|| Front Page Top

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