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    Deputy Prime Minister Hussain Al Shahristani says Israel cannot strike Iran over Iraqi airspace

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    Deputy Prime Minister Hussain Al Shahristani says Israel cannot strike Iran over Iraqi airspace Empty Deputy Prime Minister Hussain Al Shahristani says Israel cannot strike Iran over Iraqi airspace

    Post by Rocky Mon 03 Jun 2013, 7:30 am

    Deputy Prime Minister Hussain Al Shahristani says Israel cannot strike Iran over Iraqi airspace




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    Published: 12:23 June 3, 2013
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    BAGHDAD - 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 Hussain 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.

    “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.”

    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.”

    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.

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    Deputy Prime Minister Hussain Al Shahristani says Israel cannot strike Iran over Iraqi airspace Empty Re: Deputy Prime Minister Hussain Al Shahristani says Israel cannot strike Iran over Iraqi airspace

    Post by wciappetta Mon 03 Jun 2013, 10:49 am

    Well I guess he can huff and puff and blow down the Israeli jets.... 8) heck they'll be come and gone before he knows it even happened...


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