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Hume Blasts Russia For Sales to Iran, Ignores Pentagon's "Special Report" host Brit Hume took a minute of yesterday's broadcast (1/16) to blast the Russian government for their sales of defense missiles to Iran. Noticeably missing from the segment, and the entire show, was mention of the Pentagon's involvement in selling "fighter jet parts and other sensitive U.S. military gear" to untrustworthy sources that then provided these parts to Iran as well. Brit Hume reported briefly, "Russia's defense minister confirmed today that his country has sold air defense missile systems to Iran. Mr. Sergei Ivanov said that the TOR-M1 missiles were sold in accordance with a contract the two countries signed in December for 29 missile systems. Russian officials say the missiles are purely defensive weapons with a limited range. Ivanov said if the Iranians wanted more defensive weapons, Russia would sell them more. The U.S. called on all countries last year to stop exporting arms to Iran." Comment: Hume decides to go after Russia for their arms deal with Iran, despite its <http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=83612007> legality, (which he fails to clarify) but refuses to mention another recently broken story about the Pentagon's incompetence and involvement in providing Iran with sensitive equipment through "surplus sales." According to the <http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6350697,00.html> AP: "Fighter jet parts and other sensitive U.S. military gear seized from front companies for Iran and brokers for China have been traced in criminal cases to a surprising source: the Pentagon." The article continues to provide examples of such sales: "...a Pakistani arms broker convicted of exporting U.S. missile parts to Iran resumed business after his release from prison. He purchased Chinook helicopter engine parts for Iran from a U.S. company that had bought them in a Pentagon surplus sale. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents say those parts did make it to Iran." "Federal investigators are increasingly anxious that Iran is within easy reach of a top priority on its shopping list: parts for the precious fleet of F-14 ``Tomcat'' fighter jets the United States let Iran buy in the 1970s when it was an ally. In one case, convicted middlemen for Iran bought Tomcat parts from the Defense Department's surplus division. Customs agents confiscated them and returned them to the Pentagon, which sold them again - customs evidence tags still attached - to another buyer, a suspected broker for Iran." This story was conspicuously absent from last night's "Special Report", as once again Hume carries water for the Administration and conveniently leaves out information negative to Bush and his cronies. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
