Posted on 12/20/2005 10:47:51 AM PST by West Coast Conservative
Syria has signed a pledge to store Iranian nuclear weapons and missiles.
The London-based Jane's Defence Weekly reported that Iran and Syria signed a strategic accord meant to protect either country from international pressure regarding their weapons programs. The magazine, citing diplomatic sources, said Syria agreed to store Iranian materials and weapons should Teheran come under United Nations sanctions.
Iran also pledged to grant haven to any Syrian intelligence officer indicted by the UN or Lebanon. Five Syrian officers have been questioned by the UN regarding the Hariri assassination, Middle East Newsline reported. "The sensitive chapter in the accord includes Syria's commitment to allow Iran to safely store weapons, sensitive equipment or even hazardous materials on Syrian soil should Iran need such help in a time of crisis," Jane's said.
The accord also obligated Syria to continue to supply the Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah with weapons, ammunition and communications. Iran has been the leading weapons supplier to Hizbullah, with about 15,000 missiles and rockets along the Israeli-Lebanese border.
The accord, negotiations of which began in 2004, was signed on Nov. 14 and meant to prepare for economic sanctions imposed on either Iran or Syria. Under the accord, Jane's said, Iran would relay financial aid to Syria in an effort to ease Western sanctions in wake of the UN determination that Damascus was responsible for the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
Iran also pledged to supply a range of military aid to Syria. Jane's cited technology for weapons of mass destruction as well as conventional arms, ammunition and training of Syrian military.
Teheran would seek to upgrade Syrian ballistic missiles and chemical weapons systems. Under the accord, Iran would also be prepared to operate "advanced weapon systems in Syria during a military confrontation." Jane's said.
"The new strategic accord is based on the existing military MoUs, with the addition of the sensitive chapter dealing with cooperation in times of international sanctions or military conflict," Jane's reported.
Where did I even mention Iraqis? You guys seem to be the ones reading on a grade-school level.
So your answer is to just start nuking everything?
you said ragheads.
My guess is that you would rather exterminate Iraqis as well as Syrians as well....
And a Merry Christmas to you too.
Yeah. didn't you know that infantry, tanks and helos are PC now?!?
LOL
Tigersass doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground.
Oh, sorry. You did put it more eloquently and more inclusively than that, didn't you? You said "raghead SOBs..."
You forgot to put in a disclaimer excluding Iraqis from that.
Whatever, arm-chair private.
Merry Christmas NOT accepted.
Like I said, Heath Ledger, I won't bite you as much as you would like another man to bite you.
Freak.
Genocidal maniac is probably better for you.....
So yu want to nuke NY state and any FReepers unfortunate enough to live there?
How liberal of you.
You know what, Iraqis are BETTER THAN YOU ARE. Much better.
They actually VALUE life.
It's the foreign terrorists causing trouble FOR Iraqis, but not that you would care, their skin is brown so they are obviously the problem, RIGHT?
I hate it when people believe everything the media tells them about the war in Iraq.
Wow, you sound just like.. naah.
that's pretty much what he has done.
Coming from an armchair MISSILE COMMANDER, that is precious.
Merry Christmas and thanks so much for catching my punctuation error. What would the world do without some old granny correcting spelling and such?
Really? I thought that honor belonged to DEBKA.
And those dang Howitzers going off so loud they knock everything off of shelves or desks nearby are PC?
Gosh, I'm learning some neat stuff while I'm home!
Coming from some NYC RINO weenie, well, the dog pinched a better one this morning.
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