Obama's, Legion, of, Flash, Mobs, @, 7/11.nig wrote:
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> Iraq warns Israel on using airspace in Iran strike
>
> AFP - Baghdad has warned Israel that it would respond to any attempts
> by the Jewish state to use Iraqi airspace for a strike against Iran's
> controversial nuclear programme, a top Iraqi minister told AFP.
>
> The remarks from Hussein al-Shahristani, deputy prime minister
> responsible for energy affairs, mark the first time a senior Iraqi
> official has publicly warned Israel against entering its airspace --
> the most direct route -- to hit targets in Iran.
>
> Shahristani also said that Iraq had received assurances from
> Washington that the United States would not use its airspace to attack
> Iran, which Western powers believe is trying to develop a nuclear
> weapon. Tehran has repeatedly denied the claim.
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> "The (Americans) have assured us that they will never violate Iraqi
> airspace or Iraqi sovereignty by using our airspace to attack any of
> our neighbours," Shahristani said in an interview in his office in
> Baghdad's heavily-fortified Green Zone.
>
> "We have also warned Israel that if they violate Iraqi airspace, they
> will have to bear the consequences."
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> The minister said that the issue had been discussed in Iraq's national
> security council, and the warning had been passed to Israel "through
> countries that they have relations with".
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> Asked how Iraq would react to any Israeli attempt to target Iran's
> nuclear programme, Shahristani said: "Obviously, Iraq wouldn't be
> disclosing its reaction, to allow Israel to take that into account."
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> Western powers led by Washington along with Israel are at loggerheads
> with Iran over allegations that its nuclear programme is aimed at
> developing an atomic weapon.
>
> Tehran has repeatedly rejected the allegations, and in turn accuses
> its arch-foes Israel and the United States of waging a deadly campaign
> of sabotage against its disputed nuclear programme, which it insists
> is for peaceful purposes.
>
> Israel, the Middle East's sole if undeclared nuclear-armed state, has
> refused to rule out military action against Iran.
>
http://www.france24.com/en/20130603-iraq-warns-israel-using-airspace-iran-strike
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> CB
> Isaiah 17:1
> The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from [being] a
> city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
>
> Jeremiah 49:27
> "I will set fire to the walls of Damascus; it will consume the
> fortresses of Ben-Hadad."
>
> What an exciting time to be alive to see God's children and his haters
> clash in Crusade to driving Evil back into its spider hole
Damascus is in Syria.