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IRAN
STATIONS ITS TROOPS IN ERITREA- REPORT
29
November 2008-- An Eritrean website in Tigrigna, asena-online.com,
reported on Wednesday
that Iran has stationed its troops in Eritrea.
Citing sources from
inside Eritrea, same website said that using submarine ships heavily
armed units of the Iranian army have landed in the Eritrean sea port
of Assab. The Iranian troops are slated to be stationed in the city
of Assab reportedly under the pretext of protecting the Russian-built
Eritrean Assab Oil Refinary. Earlier, on Tuesday, yet another
Eritrean website, selfi-democracy.com,
had, quoting also sources from inside
Eritrea, reported that Eritrea tyrant Afewerki had granted Iran
complete and exclusive control over the Eritrean Oil Refinary with
the mandate to revamp, manage, and exercise complete authority over
production and maintenance of the facility.
Closing
the Assab deal: Eritrea tyrant Isaias Afwerki (l) meets with
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad(r) in Tehran, 20 May 2008
Asena-online further reported that the
Iranian troops were loaded with a good number of ballistic and
long-range missiles.
Moreover, this same website also
submitted that according to reports coming from inside Eritrea, Iran
flew surveillance missions over the skies of the Eritrea part of the
Redsea using 2 UAV(NATO) accompanied by 4 helicopters for 30 minutes
around 4 pm on Tuesday.
For ties between Iran and Eritrea
tyrant Afewerk please refer to the following links:
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=56498§ionid=351020101
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=54471§ionid=351020101
http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-17/0810061105234659.htm
http://www.eastafricaforum.net/2008/09/16/iran-eritrea-to-boost-economic-ties/
http://www.tehrantimes.com/Index_view.asp?code=168993
http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=55933&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs
http://diplomacymonitor.com/STU/dm.nsf/dn/dn291FC261135B3CA2852574C5002EF172
http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-234/0811047588193124.htm
http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=181665
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