US CLAIMS IRAN RESUPPLYING SYRIA WITH ARMS USING IRAQI AIRSPACE
Not everybody has been home for the political conventions. Retiring Senator Joe Lieberman, together with Republican Senators Lindsey Graham and John McCain, are touring the Middle East and have found themselves - fortuitously or not - in Iraq in a period of tension between the United States and the predominantly Shiite regime of Nouri al-Maliki.
After a hiatus of a few months, the Iraqis are being accused of turning a blind eye to Iranian arms shipments to Syria via their airspace.
The Iraqi leadership has responded to the accusations by claiming that they had received assurances from the Iranians that the planes are merely transporting food and other humanitarian assistance to help the Syrian population.
The Iraqis protested that they are still waiting for Vice President Joe Biden to make good on his promise to supply the Iraqis with evidence that the Iranians are shipping contraband in violation of a UN Security Council decision.
07/09/2012 : Amiel Ungar / Arutz Sheva
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