At Funeral for Iran General, Questions Grow Over His Death in Syria
Syrian Rebels Say Gen. Shateri Died in Israeli Air Strike
The death of Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander Gen. Hassan Shateri is sparking growing speculation, after initial reports of his death in Lebanon were changed to a death in Syria, and officials now say he was killed by “mercenaries and supports of Israel.”
With Shateri being mourned today in Tehran after a death officials say happened Tuesday, the rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) is issuing a statement not only contradicting the timing, but the entire narrative.
According to an FSA spokesman, Gen. Shateri was killed two weeks ago in the Israeli air strikes against Syria. The spokesman also claimed the general was supervising shipments of regime arms to Lebanon.
Israeli officials have yet to comment on this claim, but have also been mostly mum on the strikes themselves. It is clear that the FSA would want to implicate Israel as this would both forward the effort to sell Israel on the idea of arms smuggling and give a boost to the chances of widening the war to other countries.
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curmudgeonvt
February 15th, 2013 at 7:31 am
What?!?!? Israel involved in a possible assassination of an Iranian General? Whodathunkit?
Ben_C
February 15th, 2013 at 4:37 pm
Ditz wrote:
"It is clear that the FSA would want to implicate Israel as this would both forward the effort to sell Israel on the idea of arms smuggling and give a boost to the chances of widening the war to other countries."
So…
Ditz still writes as if Israel is not already "involved" and Israel needs "convincing" of something?!?!?!
What a complete absurd joke 'this' is…
It really doesn't matter what actually happens in reality, Ditz's fantasy has to be right because he thinks it to be true (in his "mind", of course)…
Sad…just sad…
Ben_C
February 15th, 2013 at 4:37 pm
Ditz writes:
It is clear that the FSA would want to implicate Israel as this would both forward the effort to sell Israel on the idea of arms smuggling and give a boost to the chances of widening the war to other countries.
So…
Ditz still writes as if Israel is not already "involved" and Israel needs "convincing" of something?.?.?.
What a complete absurd joke 'this' (along with Ditz) is…
It really doesn't matter what actually happens in reality, Ditz's fantasy has to be right because he thinks it to be true…