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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Tehran denies providing ballistic missiles to Iraqi militias
2018-09-02
[IsraelTimes] Foreign ministry front man calls Reuter’s report on weapons reportedly capable of reaching Tel Aviv an 'unfounded lie' intended to 'cause panic among countries in the region'.

The Friday report stated that several dozen rockets capable of hitting Israel and Tehran’s Sunni rival Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
had been deployed with Iran’s Shiite proxies in Iraq.

It added that Iran was working to provide its allies with missile manufacturing facilities, and has been training militia members in operating the new weapons.

The deployment is meant to improve Iran’s ability to retaliate against any Western or Arab attacks on its territory, as well as to expand its options for attacking opponents in the region, Rooters said.

The report cited "three Iranian officials, two Iraqi intelligence sources and two Western intelligence sources."

Iran’s proxies, allied militias as well as its own forces are involved in internal conflicts in Syria, Leb, Iraq, and Yemen.

The move makes Iran’s allies in Iraq better able to attack US troops in the country in the event Iran is attacked.

"We have bases like that in many places and Iraq is one of them. If America attacks us, our friends will attack America’s interests and its allies in the region," one top IRGC commander said.
Posted by:trailing wife

#1  Naw, they just sort of fell off the back of as truck, New Jersey style.
Posted by: ed in texas   2018-09-02 09:04  

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