Iran manufacturing,
upgrading missiles in Iraq, sources say
Iranian anti-tank missiles, belonging to Hezbollah forces,
that were captured by Israel Defense Forces in southern Lebanon in 2006.
(IDF/JNS)
Ariel Kahana and Israel Hayom staffJNS
Oct24-2018
iran is building factories to manufacture and upgrade
missiles in Iraq, in addition to its efforts in Syria and Lebanon, Israeli
intelligence has discovered.
According to reports, Iran has already shipped missiles to
Shi’ite militias in Iraq and helped Iraq set up missile factories in its
territory.
This latest development has the potential to bring Iraq
onto the Iranian axis of countries that pose potential threats to Israel.
Last month, reports revealed that Iran’s Revolutionary
Guard had supplied the Iraqi Shi’ite militia Hashd al-Shaabi with mid-range
ballistic missiles capable of reaching Israel.
Earlier in October, reports revealed that the United States
had decided to shut down its consulate in Basra, a key Shi’ite stronghold and
the third-largest city in Iraq, after discovering a Revolutionary Guard plot to
attack it.
The latest revelation comes after Fox News reported that
Iran has stepped up its shipments of advanced
weapons to Hezbollah, its Lebanon-based proxy, and that some shipments now include sophisticated GPS
systems meant to improve the accuracy of
Hezbollah missiles.
According to the report, the shipment made its way from Tehran to Damascus aboard a Qeshm Fars air cargo
plane. From there, the
plane made its way to Beirut, before returning to Iran via
Qatar.
Several speakers at a Jerusalem Institute of Security
Studies devoted to the Iranian-Israeli conflict warned that Iran was trying to
threaten Israel on multiple fronts.
Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan informed
participants that Hezbollah, heavily supported by Iran, currently has a stock
of some 150,000 missiles.
“The commander of Quds Force, Qassem Soleimani, wants to
create another Hezbollah in Syria,” warned Erdan. “When [Palestinian Authority
leader] Mahmoud Abbas’s time is up, I wouldn’t be surprised if Iran tries to
expand its influence to Judea and Samaria, too, as the Palestinian governance
dwindles and they are in need of money and support.”
“At any minute, Iran can set off clashes that will expand
to Syria and Lebanon, and we cannot rule out the possibility of [Iran] using
Iraq as a base from which to fire missiles at Israel,” said Erdan.
Mossad director Yossi Cohen said Monday at a meeting at the
Finance Ministry that he had recently met an American official who had asked
him what would happen if Iran were defeated.
“I told him, ‘If we beat Iran, I’ll be out of of work,
jobless, but if Iran isn’t defeated, I’ll find myself homeless.’ I prefer the
first option,” said Cohen.
Cohen stressed that “if we don’t push Iran out of the
Middle East … we will find ourselves in a position of Iranian forces spreading
throughout the Middle East, unchecked, even inside the Gaza Strip.”
“But of course, everything is affected by changes in the
approach at a very high level since [U.S. President Donald] Trump took power,
which I think is very good for Israel. There is a sense that there is a
simpler, clearer distinction being made between good and evil,” the Mossad
chief said.
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