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| Iran Denies Israeli Charge on Arms in Relief Planes |
| 2004-01-09 |
| Iran Friday rejected as "baseless and a sheer lie" an Israeli allegation that Syrian planes which flew earthquake relief aid to Iran had returned with weapons for Lebanese Hizbollah guerrillas. "Lies! Joooooo lies!" Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said the accusation was prompted by Israeli anger over the flood of humanitarian aid sent to its arch foe Iran after the Bam quake, including from Israel’s staunchest ally the United States. "After the Israelis observed the... world’s solidarity with the Iranian nation they became angry and they’re continuing their policy based on lies and cheating by fabricating such news," he told Reuters. He said the accusation was "baseless and a sheer lie." Israel was one of the first nations to offer help, Iran turned them down. Syrian officials had no immediate comment. "Shit! We got caught, again! Er, no comment." Israeli sources said Syrian planes delivering aid for victims of the December 26 Bam earthquake, which killed over 30,000 people, brought back missiles and other weapons for Hizbollah to Damascus where the arms were trucked to Lebanon. Makes sense, planes would have been coming back empty, shame to waste all that airlift. "Shipments to Hizbollah had been suspended because Washington has been keeping a close eye on Syria since the war in Iraq began (in March)," one of the Israeli sources said. Big eyes, in space. The security sources said U.S. intelligence was also aware of the alleged Syrian operation. KH-11 takes such nice closeups. |
| Posted by:Steve |