ALERT: Iran Using Commercial
Aircraft for Terror, 11/29/16
Just when we thought the Iran nuclear
deal couldn’t get any worse, we were proven wrong, as a terrifying new plan
involving commercial aircraft was uncovered. This is why the Iran deal is so
terrible and needs to be undone.
Reportedly the Obama administration gave
clearance to Western airline manufacturers to sell planes to Iran. This came on
the heels of the discovery, according to the Washington Free
Beacon, that the
Islamic Republic had been using commercial airliners to smuggle weapons and
other illicit goods to Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon.
The new intelligence that showed Iran has been using its commercial airline
company to smuggle weaponry to terrorists operating in Syria has renewed
interest in a congressional inquiry that has been hindered by Obama
administration officials since October.
Sen. David Perdue and other United
States senators have been trying to get Obama
administration officials to explain why they are helping Boeing
and Airbus, top airline manufacturers, to sell planes to Iran in the wake of
clear evidence that Tehran is using its commercial airline to aid in terrorist
efforts. These questions have gone unanswered.
The Obama administration approved a
second license for Airbus to pursue even more sales with Iran, according to The Wall Street
Journal. Some reports
have shown that American-made planes are currently being flown by Iran’s air
force and that others are being used in its commercial sector to smuggle
weapons.
Perdue accused the Obama administration
on Wednesday of facilitating Iran’s terrorist
operations by
signing off on the multi-billion dollar deals to sell Iran planes, according to
a letter sent to the Treasury Department.
“While I find your lack of a response to
our last letter troubling, I would note that the issue surrounding commercial
aircraft usage for illicit purposes by the Iranian regime has now expanded,
given new intelligence information alleging that Iran has indeed been using
Mahan Air — a commercial airline that is currently subject to U.S. and
U.N. sanctions — to smuggle weapons and ammunition
to Hezbollah in Lebanon,” Perdue wrote.
Even more, Israelis reportedly sent an
urgent letter that went out to the United Nations Security Council that stated,
“These planes fly directly to the airport in Lebanon or Damascus and from there
the weapons are transferred on the ground to Hezbollah.”
Perdue continued in his letter, “This
report confirms precisely the fear we expressed in our Oct. 6 letter: that Iran
continues to use commercial aircraft to smuggle weapons and ammunition in
violation of U.N. Security Council Resolution 2231 to support its terrorist
proxies.”
He admonished the department further,
saying, “We are rightly concerned that Iran may continue to do so with the new
commercial aircraft it purchases from Boeing and Airbus, as permitted by the
U.S. Treasury Department.”
We should all be very concerned.
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