The United States blocked an Iranian cargo plane's flight to Syria last month after intelligence analysts concluded it was carrying sophisticated missiles and launchers to resupply Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, two U.S. intelligence officials say.Eight days after Hezbollah's war with Israel began, U.S. diplomats persuaded Turkey and Iraq to deny the plane permission to cross their territory to Damascus, a transfer point for arms to Hezbollah, the officials said.
The episode was detailed by one U.S. intelligence official who saw a report on the incident. It was confirmed by a U.S. official from a second intelligence agency and by a diplomat with a foreign government. They did not want their names used because they were not authorized to discuss the incident.
Here we go again. American intelligence officers and diplomats with the help of the shameless, amoral media join together to seriously undermine US ability to fight Islamofascists.
How? By leaking information which would embarrass governments which cooperate with the US. To add insult to injury, this time they are the vulnerable MUSLIM governments of Iraq and Turkey. Yes, Turkey. That country is in the midst of an election campaign and is under fire for not crossing the border with Iraq to clean out the PKK headquarters. The PKK has been attacking and killing Turkish soldiers in the East of the country.
Prosecute the leakers ASAP and it's time to institute voluntary of mandatory censorship on matters related to US national security. Enough is Enough!
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