Syrian opposition warns Iraq over arms shipment to Assad forces
The Iraqi government of Nouri al-Maliki has recently allowed the passage of Iranian arms through its territory to Syria in order to support the Syrian regime against its opponents, reports claim. Meanwhile, the Syrian opposition gave Maliki's government two weeks to change its position before declaring it as a partner in the war against the Syrian people.
These developments come at the time when local authorities in Anbar (western Iraq), adjacent to Syria called for a state of preparedness to face any serious repercussions of the events in Syria. In addition, there are calls to facilitate the entry of Syrian refugees fleeing from the oppression by the Assad regime.
Iraqi sources familiar with the situation claimed that "Iran has recently dispatched trucks loaded with weapons to Syria through Iraq," pointing out that" those shipments transported to Iraqi crossings with Iran, then loaded from Iranian trucks to Iraqi trucks, and then moved to Syria, as shipments of fruits and vegetables. "
The sources pointed out that "the choice of Iraq as an alternative corridor to the transfer of weapons to Syria came after Turkey forced Iranian planes to land in its territory in order to carry out inspections.
Consequently, the support of Maliki to the Assad regime, led "the Organization for Rescuing Democratic Syria " (a faction of the Syrian opposition) to give the Iraqi government two weeks to change its stance. A source in this body said its "deplores the position of Maliki towards the Syrian Revolution ", considering the position of the Iraqi PM and his allies as" hostile to the Syrian people. "
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Syrian opposition warns Iraq over arms shipment to Assad forces
with American combat forces now out of Iraq .
prime minister Maliki has a difficult at best
task of holding together the post-Saddam Iraq .
he governs over a Sunni-Kurdish-Shi'ite confederation .
with his Shi'ite holding the reins of this government .
instead of governing for the best interest of all 3 groups .
Maliki is quickly consolidating Shi'ite power , and
making his decisions to only benefit his Shi'ite or Iran ?
while the governments of Amman , Beirut & Ankara
are trying to stop arms shipments from going to Syria .
as this article implies , Baghdad has been aiding the
shipment of Iranian arms to the Assad regime !!
as with any conflict in this region , there is always
the real risk of cross-border incursions and a
broader conflict .
these recent moves by Maliki may have united his
opposition ??
both the Iraqi Sunni and the Iraqi Kurds ,
now seem to becoming more united by
their common foes ; Assad & Maliki ??
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