Despite Searches, US Still Slamming Iraq for Iran Overflights
We Can't Search Every Single Plane, Iraq Notes
In early September, the US accused Iraq of allowing Iran to ship arms to Syria across their airspace. Iraq demanded evidence, none was ever provided, but after weeks of browbeating, Iraq finally gave in and promised to start randomly searching planes.
Which was in retrospect probably not a great move. The planes were searched, nothing was found, and the Obama Administration is once again mad at Iraq, despite them having already given in, for not delivering the evidence they were hoping for.
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki concedes that there’s basically nothing for it at this point, since they don’t have the capacity to even theoretically search every single Iranian civilian and cargo flight going across the country.
As close allies, Syria and Iran are also extremely major trading partners, and naturally the bulk of that trade flies over Iraqi airspace. So long as that trade continues, the US is going to assume ulterior motives, and Iraq, caught in the middle, will be the scapegoat for failing to confirm US theories of what is happening.
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Augustbrhm
December 3rd, 2012 at 1:57 am
Like it or not america has efectively put herself out of the middle east for good it will be many many years for the legacy of the invasion/murder/torture/destruction of the world`s oldest civilization that the world will forget is now a part of history done for the sake of the zionist and oil.
curmudgeonvt
December 3rd, 2012 at 7:09 am
It's all part of the enabling narrative…"Iran BAD!!!" "Israel in DANGER!!!" If Rove and Cheney were still around I'm sure there would be someone on the Sunday shows shrieking about yellow cake and mushroom clouds…wait, where's McCain, Graham and Ayotte this week?
persnipoles
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:30 am
The planes are a waste of time. The contraband is in their broomsticks.
John Watson
December 3rd, 2012 at 4:02 pm
US slamming Iraq is tantamount to US slamming itself. Isn't the so-called Government presently in Iraq essentially American?