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Senators seek intelligence on Iran missile aid after lifting of sanctions WASHINGTON - Congress has assessed that Russia was helping Iran's ballistic missile program. Several leading senators have demanded that the administration of President Barack Obama release intelligence on suspected Russian assistance to Iran's medium- and intermediate-range missile programs. http://www.geostrategy-direct.com/geostrategy-direct/images/2011/sajil2missi le.jpg The Iranian Defense Ministry conducted a third test of Iran's Sajil-2 solid-state, medium-range, ballistic missile in December 2009. <http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2009/12/iran_test_fire s_upgraded_sajji.php> Long War Journal _____ The senators said the technical support and expertise were believed to have been supplied by the same Russian entities freed from U.S. sanctions in 2010. "We renew our request for any draft materials you are discussing with the Russians," the four senators said in a letter to the Defense Department on May 16. The letter was signed by Senators John Barrasso, Mark Kirk, Jon Kyl and Jim DeMint, all Republicans and specialists in national security. The senators based their demand on a U.S. intelligence assessment that Russian companies, despite the removal of U.S. sanctions by the Obama administration, continued to help Iran's missile programs. "Individual Russian entities continue to provide assistance to Iran's ballistic missile programs," the letter said. "In 2010, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence reaffirmed that assessment. Do you agree with this assessment?" The letter was relayed to James Miller, principal deputy defense undersecretary for policy. On May 12, Miller met the four senators to discuss missile defense talks between Russia and the United States. The administration has sought to win Russian approval for a NATO missile defense shield in Europe. The U.S. intelligence assessment quoted in the senators' letter asserted that Russia has become a missile technology supplier to Iran. The assessment also cited China and North Korea as having "helped Iran move toward self-sufficiency in the production of ballistic missiles." [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.shtmlYahoo! 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: [email protected] [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/
