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Rejected Russia's proposal to store it at the base of Tartus and Maliki's government seeks to persuade the West to the usefulness of step
Revealed private information for "policy" that the Iraqi government received an urgent request from the Syrian and Iranian regimes to allow the transfer of chemical weapons to Iran via Syria Iraqi airspace and land.
A government source confirmed an Iraqi leaders in "Revolutionary Guards" Iranian proposed transfer of some missiles and chemical bombs Syrian to "Hezbollah" in Lebanon, before the transfer of the bulk of chemical weapons to Iran, but the Assad regime opposed it because of the fear of moving U.S. - Israeli - Western effectively to topple him, and thus a radical shift in the course of the crisis.
According to the source, the Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki formed a committee high in the military and Department of Defense to study the Iranian request - Syrian and whether the transfer of chemical weapons from Syria to Iran is risky.
The Iranian government wants to transfer some chemical rockets and bombs by air to be moved large containers containing chemicals through Iraqi territory, and the latter task will need to accompany the Iraqi forces to secure the safety of trucks that would travel to Iranian territory.
The source pointed out that the best road to transport chemical weapons after entering the crossing Waleed border and reach down to Baghdad, is to go to the province of Diyala, where can there be transmitted some of the trucks to the province of Sulaymaniyah Kurdish controlled influence "PUK" headed by President Jalal Talabani, then enter Iranian territory through the Haj Omran crossing the others heading of trucks loaded with chemical weapons to Khanaqin to enter Iranian territory through Mundhiriyah border crossing, there is also a land route towards the province of Maysan to the Iranian border.
Based on this, trucks can be distributed to a number of roads and border crossings, especially if a large number of trucks, because that would be necessary from a security standpoint.
The source said the Maliki government to you mind, in political terms, the transfer of chemical weapons from Syria to Iran for two main reasons: first is the existence of an agreement a joint defense between Syrian and Iranian regimes allows for two carry steps joint military, and the second is carefully Maliki government to withdraw chemical weapons from Syria because they no longer a safe place for these weapons and there is a serious risk to Iraq if it took some battalions of the "Al Qaeda" and the jihadi extremist Syrian chemical weapons.
The source added that the Assad regime wants to transfer chemical weapons to Iran, fearing that the "Free Syrian Army" to control them, what a powerful blow to military superiority enjoyed by the regime's forces, while fears Tehran directing Israel and the United States pre-emptive strikes to stores of chemical weapons in Syria.
The source revealed the arrival of intelligence information to the Syrian leadership, perhaps from state regional cooperate with "Free Army", that this army form battalions private to track the whereabouts of chemical weapons as a prelude to attack warehouses and control, because that would be vital to weaken the forces Assad at the military and moral , actually may lead to accelerating the collapse of the system.
For its part, Russia has proposed, according to the source of Iraq, the transfer of chemical weapons as a whole to the port of Tartus and stored in special containers, because it would be easy to transfer from there to overseas vessels Russian military across the Mediterranean, is that the Assad regime preferred to hand him over to his ally Iran.
Supports Western capitals transfer chemical weapons Syria to Russia, according to the source, if the Assad regime is unable to ensure the safety of stores this weapon, so the process can move to Iran that resentment West and concern, could reflect negatively on Baghdad in what would have agreed to facilitate transferred to the Iranian territory through Iraqi airspace and land.
For this reason, most likely the source consult Maliki government with the United States and the European Union on the transfer of chemical weapons, Syria to Iran, in order to convince the West that this step represents the best available options and better than to stay inside Syria and displays the region's countries to the risk of use by the "Al Qaeda" and other extremist groups in the case was able to control it.
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