Source (range): American force monitors the Baghdad airport and the central bank and customs
Date: Sunday 07/10/2012 09:59 AM
Baghdad / supporter Tayeb
official source of the extent that the strength of U.S. military entered Baghdad International Airport and became responsible for inspecting Iranian aircraft heading to Syria through Iraqi airspace, fearing that such planes loaded with weapons to support the Syrian regime, which is facing popular protests and an armed uprising led by Free Syrian Army.
The source pointed to the presence of experts envoys by the U.S. government are watching the central bank in order to make sure not to smuggle money, or to make sure there is no money laundering within the bank, and monitor customs by the Customs General to ensure that the entry of materials and prohibited goods for the country.
confirmed spokesman of the Kurdistan Alliance MP supporter good that "this action is in the case and evidence to the U.S. Government that the weapons transported by air in the Iranian aircraft through our skies, there is nothing wrong in this step if it is supported with the consent of our government, especially if the Syrian regime almost isolated from the world now, indicate this step a patent government of supporting the Syrian regime, which is also evidence that the government supports the Syrian people in their revolution. "
added Ok told the "long" yesterday that "it is natural that there will be questioning the position and integrity of the government by the U.S. side and the international General because our territory and our skies have been used in months ago to transfer arms to the Syrian regime, and perhaps after this step is going to have greater credibility in denying accusations by some countries about the cooperation of our government with the Assad government. "
in what was considered a political analyst Saad al-Hadithi that what is being said about this American presence is a kind of exaggeration, noting that the issue is where the intervention of the parties is trying to provoke conflict against the Iranian side.
said Hadithi told the "long" "I do not think that the government is ready to accept the presence of U.S. troops in airports or state institutions and private vital ones such as the Central Bank and the Customs General, because it enters in questioning the credibility and integrity of government and lack of independence. "
said Sabri said that "in the case of an agreement between the government and the American side For the U.S. government control Iraqi airspace intensively and large, because the breach of the atmosphere is not limited to Iranian side only, and the control atmosphere in order to protect the country of foreign intervention and not only protect the Syrian territory of the entry of arms through her skies. "
explained Hadithi that "some reports may be exaggerated large, I do not think that the U.S. government ستنشغل Searched Iranian jets for the safety of the Syrian side, and have no interest in developing the Central Bank or smuggling money, or entry of prohibited substances by the border control customs, but in the case of health, there is U.S. pressure, big government, and it is due to the intervention other parties from within the political process to their desire to influence international opinion in order to impose sanctions on the Iranian government " .
It is worth mentioning that the government began last Tuesday claim Iranian jets destined for Syria to land at Baghdad International Airport for inspection after Washington promised to conduct random checks to prevent weapons reaching to Damascus.
Authorities said they conducted the first inspections Iranian plane on Tuesday afternoon and allowed the plane to travel to Syria, where he confirmed not found the no weapons there.
was Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari had promised on Sunday inspections in response to the concerns of Washington that Iran shipped arms to its ally, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to help in suppressing the uprising Syrian ongoing against him 18 months ago .
said Nasser Bandar head of the Civil Aviation Authority, told Reuters that specialists and security personnel searched the Iranian plane bound for Damascus did not find anything that violates a transfer of weapons to Syria.
government had confirmed that it will never allow the use of its airspace for the transfer of weapons to any of the parties to the conflict in Syria.
government rejected Also last month to allow a plane North Korean heading to Syria to pass through its airspace on suspicion of carrying weapons.
U.S. officials have accused senior, last month, Iran it resumed shipping military equipment to Syria through Iraqi airspace, while government demanded Washington provide proof of the act in order to help.
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