Exclusive: Iran moves missiles to Iraq in warning to enemies

[DonViejo]

Source: Reuters



AUGUST 31, 2018 / 4:20 AM / UPDATED 39 MINUTES AGO

John Irish, Ahmed Rasheed
8 MIN READ

PARIS/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iran has given ballistic missiles to Shi’ite proxies in Iraq and is developing the capacity to build more there to deter attacks on its interests in the Middle East and to give it the means to hit regional foes, Iranian, Iraqi and Western sources said.

Any sign that Iran is preparing a more aggressive missile policy in Iraq will exacerbate tensions between Tehran and Washington, already heightened by U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.

It would also embarrass France, Germany and the United Kingdom, the three European signatories to the nuclear deal, as they have been trying to salvage the agreement despite new U.S. sanctions against Tehran.

According to three Iranian officials, two Iraqi intelligence sources and two Western intelligence sources, Iran has transferred short-range ballistic missiles to allies in Iraq over the last few months. Five of the officials said it was helping those groups to start making their own.



Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-iraq-missiles-exclusive/exclusive-iran-moves-missiles-to-iraq-in-warning-to-enemies-idUSKCN1LG0WB

[Fred Sanders]

1. Only America is allowed to provide missiles to ME nations...like the ones murdering Yemeni kids.

[elmac]

2. while the orange clown is busy rallying

WWIII is building. I wonder how the vets will love him when they are slaughtered by the 10's of thousands, how investors will love him when the DOW is at 2000, how workers will love him when there are no jobs, no money to feed them.