Iran's IRGC played decisve role in Syria's military-intelligence shuffle
LONDON -- Iran has tightened its hold over the military of its leading ally Syria.Syrian opposition sources said the mullah regime in Teheran played a leading role in the recent reshuffle of the Syrian military. They said Iranian leaders, particularly those of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, helped determine the commanders of the Syrian military appointed by President Bashar Assad in September.
"In September, and according to several intelligence sources, Assad reshuffled the heads of his four security pillars, some with generals favored strongly by Iran," Farid Ghadry, a leading Syrian opposition figure, said.
The appointments included that of Maj. Gen. Zuhair Hamad. Hamad was said to have been selected by IRGC to direct Syria's internal security agency.
The sources said IRGC, directed by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has expanded its presence in Syrian military bases. They said Teheran has also been training Syrian intelligence and other officers in counter-espionage.
Ghadry, the longtime president of the opposition Reform Party of Syria, said Assad has enabled Iran to dominate the Syrian military as part of a deal that he would retain power. The Syrian president was said to have agreed to a major Iranian presence in his country in exchange for missiles and other military assets.
"In return, Ahmadinejad asked for and received a long list of demands to include weapons delivery to Hizbullah, a big footprint of Iranian military and religious assets and symbols inside Syria, a NATO-like weapon exchange program to include storage and upgrade of missile systems to protect Iran, and more importantly, a Hizbullah footprint inside Syria just in case Assad turns his back on Iran," Ghadry said in an analysis published on the Ynet news Web site.
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Just imagine the regional power these yutzes would be with nukes, even if the plan is not to use them. Can there be any doubt that the result is either complete hegemony of the entire middle east but Israel ..
OR
a nuclear arms race by the wahabbis and the shia?
Is that in the security interest of the USA?
Is anyone at CIA or DIA considering that if nothing is done and Israel acts alone the entire ME will be engulfed in a regional war with WMD's and oil will be >$300/barrel IF WE ARE LUCKY, and then the world economy??????
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