Iraqi Vice President: Iran Supplying Assad Through Ground Convoys -- The Cable/Foreign Policy
For several months, the U.S. government has been urging the Iraqi government to stop Iran from supplying arms to the Syrian regime through commercial flights over Iraqi airspace, but a larger amount of supplies is now crossing Iraq via convoys on the ground, Iraq's exiled Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi told The Cable.
Hashimi has been living in Turkey following his indictment and subsequent conviction in absentia by Iraqi government courts that he says are working with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. The Central Criminal Court of Iraq sentenced him to death last month for allegedly participating in acts of terrorism against his own political opponents,, charges widely seen as political in nature.
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My Comment: There is no love lost between this exiled Iraqi Vice President and Iraq Prime Minister al-Maliki. But his claims back-up recent U.S. claims that Iraq is turning a blind eye to Iranian efforts to re-supply the Syrian military.
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