No, Israel Did Not Attack Iranian Targets In
Iraq
Israeli newspaper repeat a report which
claims that Israeli planes hit Iranian targets
in Iraq.
Haaretz: In Major Shift, Israel Twice Struck
Iranian Targets in Iraq 'Using F-35'
Ynetnews: Report: Israeli warplanes hit
Iranian targets in Iraq
Jerusalem Post: Report: Israel launched two
attacks on Iranian targets in Iraq in July
From the last one:
The IAF used its F-35i stealth fighter jets to
hit two Iraqi bases that were used by
Iranian forces and proxies and for storing
ballistic missiles, the London-based Saudi
daily Asharq Al-Awsat reported on Tuesday.
Asharq Al-Awsat is owned by Faisal bin
Salman, a member of the Saudi ruling clan. It
is - like other Arab papers - often used to
launder Israeli disinformation and
propaganda that is then repeated in the
Israeli press.
The original Asharq Al-Aswat report reads:
Israel has expanded the scope of its Iranian
targets in Iraq and Syria, western diplomatic
sources told Asharq Al-Awsat amid reports
that Tel Aviv carried out an airstrike earlier
this month against an Iranian rockets depot
northeast of Baghdad.
The July 19 attack was carried out by an
Israeli F-35 fighter jet, they added.
On Sunday, the Ashraf base in Iraq, a former
base used by the Iranian opposition
People's Mujahedin of Iran, was targeted by
an air raid, said sources.
The base lies 80 kilometers from the border
with Iran and 40 kilometers northeast of
Baghdad.
The sources revealed that the strikes
targeted Iranian “advisors” and a ballistic
missile shipment that had recently arrived
from Iran to Iraq.
Last week, Syria’s Tal al-Hara was struck by
Israeli jets.
The diplomatic sources said the attack
targeted Iran’s attempt to seize control of
the strategic hill, located in Daraa
countryside in southern Syria.
The above F-35 promotion then goes on to
laud the Israeli Arrows-3 air defense missile
the U.S. paid for.
Of the three incidents Asharq Al-Awsat
mentions only one, in Syria, really happened.
On July 19 a fire broke out at a camp of the
16th Brigade of the Iraqi Popular
Mobilization Forces (PMF). It set off some
ammunition. The 16th is a light infantry
brigade. It does not have ballistic missiles.
While the incident was first reported as a
missile attack, an investigation later said
(Arabic) that the fire was caused by a defect
of some equipment (machine translation)
The Central Commission of Inquiry sent by
the People's Assembly on Sunday
announced the results of the investigation
into the bombing of the Martyrs' Camp of
the Commission, which is located near the
city of Ameri.
The report of the specialized committee
confirmed that the investigations conducted
have proved that the explosion was not a
military target as a result of a plane or a
guided missile, but was a fire of solid fuel
due to an internal defect.
No one was killed in the incident.
The alleged attack on Sunday never
happened:
TØM CΛT @TomtheBasedCat - 17:29 UTC · Jul
30, 2019
The Camp Ashraf incident was nothing more
than a rumor that started on Facebook. It's
not even called Ashraf anymore, the base is
named after the Brigade 27 commander
who was Martyred in Diyala battles.
Saudis hard at work creating Fake News.
It is not the Saudis that created this fake
news but the "western diplomatic sources",
aka the Israeli ambassador in London, who
briefed the Asharq Al-Awsat writer.
The third incident, in Syria, did happen:
Syria's state media said on Wednesday an
Israeli missile attack had targeted the
country's southern province of Daraa, but
did not report any casualties.
State news agency SANA and state TV added
that the "Israeli aggression" struck Tal al-
Hara hill that is home to Syrian army posts
adding that it only caused material damage.
...
The Tal al-Hara hill, a strategic area
overlooking the Israeli-occupied Golan
Heights, was for many years a major Russian
military radar outpost until rebels took it
over in 2014 before it was again recaptured
by the Syrian army last year.
Israel did not hit any Iranian targets or
anything else in Iraq. The Asharq Al-Awsat
story is pure propaganda.
If the Israeli air force were stupid enough to
bomb targets in Iraq, it would likely see
consequences that it would not like:
TØM CΛT @TomtheBasedCat - 18:08 UTC · Jul
30, 2019
And besides
If Israel really wants to waste their time and
resources striking sites in Iraq, by all means.
They'll only accelerate the decision as to
whether or not to purchase the S-400
system.
There are plenty of Air Defense Officers who
are already fluent in Russian.
Posted by b on July 30, 2019 at 17:16 UTC |
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