Iran says U.S. exploits Syria uprising to save IsraHell http://www.shoah.org.uk/2011/07/01/iran-says-u-s-exploits-syria-uprising-to-save-israhell/

The United States and its allies are exploiting popular protests in Syria to try to break an alliance between Damascus and Tehran against Israel, a senior Iranian official said on Wednesday.Regional heavyweight Saudi Arabia and the United States, which bases its Fifth Fleet in Bahrain, both fear Iran’s rising influence in the region since the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, analysts say.Mehmanparast said Iran had no intention to adopt “hostile foreign policy” toward any regional country.“Boosting regional ties has always been a priority for Iran … any country … that blocks such convergence is moving in line with the Zionist regime’s interests,” Mehmanparast said, accusing Washington of creating discord among Muslims.

[ALSO SEE...FLASHBACK-Syria has accused Israel of burying nuclear waste in the occupied Golan Heights http://www.golan67.net/golan/Israeli_Nuclear_Threats_Golan_Heights.htm

Syria has accused Israel of burying nuclear waste in the occupied Golan Heights, presumably in tunnels dug in Mount Hermon. Bassel Oudat reports from Damascus .In an annual report, "the Suffering of Syrian Citizens in the Golan", submitted to a UN commission investigating human rights abuses in the Palestinian territories, the Syrian Foreign Ministry has accused Israel of "the crime of burying nuclear, radioactive and poisonous waste in the Golan, exposing the population to the danger of grave illnesses."

The report also notes that the "living conditions of the Syrian inhabitants of the occupied Golan are deteriorating every day.Arab Knesset member Issam Makhoul has denounced the alleged Israeli disposal of nuclear waste in the Golan as a "crime against humanity", claiming that Israel is imperilling human, animal and plant life in the region

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