The Jerusalem Post says the IDF received intel on the subject of the Syrian raid from the Iranian minister who defected earlier this year.
Iranian former deputy defense minister Ali Rheze Asgari supplied intelligence sources in the West with information regarding the sites that Israeli jets allegedly attacked on September 6, the Kuweiti Al Jareeda reported Friday.
Asgari defected from Iran several months ago and moved to an undisclosed location in the West.
And here’s the even bigger news: USAF jets shadowed the IAF on the Syrian border, to help if there was a need.
In related news, the Saudi paper Al Watan reported Friday that American jets were hovering in Iraqi airspace close to the Syrian border during the raid. Reportedly, the USAF jets were meant to give aerial backup to Israel in case IAF warplanes would come to any harm.
Now, I’m still of the opinion that there’s a lot more smoke than fire in many of these stories. So take the above information with another helping of salt. Especially since the raid came after Israel launched a newer, better spy satellite early this summer.
But if both these facts are true, that raid was a major, major coup.
At a guess they were electronics birds in the area.. While I’m sure they were VERY interested in the IAF jets.. they were probably up there to watch someone else.
“Now, I’m still of the opinion that there’s a lot more smoke than fire in many of these stories.”
Not only this, but the source of the smoke could be classified as controlled substance in many cases.