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Emails allegedly hacked from Syrian government accounts, leaked onto the Internet, indicate Iran and Syria are supplying Ukrainian made weapons to the Palestinian group Hamas, while the Russian and Syrian governments have been exchanging large sums of money between each other.
The online activist group known as Anonymous takes responsibility for the leak, which comprises over 2,000 emails and other files totaling around 1 gigabyte. The leak is part of Anonymous' ongoing campaign known as '#OpSyria' or 'Operation Syria' on the social networking website Twitter.
On Monday at 2030 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), 'Par:AnoIA,' one of many Twitter accounts connected to Anonymous, stated that the group would "release a stash of Syrian Government emails in the next 24h, featuring Kofi Annan correspondence, cash & weapon deliveries." Three hours later the same user announced a leak of "1 Gigabyte [of] internal emails from [the] Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs" onto the internet.
The first email leaked was called a "teaser", from the Syrian embassy in Tehran on November 20, to the British embassy in Belarus. In the communique, the embassy confirms the Iranians are supplying Ukrainian made weapons and other materials to Hamas, which operates mostly from the Gaza Strip in Palestine.
"Since 2008 Iran is the main transit point for Palestine armament", says the email. It also goes on to say the weapons are made in Ukraine as part of "2008 arms trade operations sanctioned by The [Ukrainian] Minister of Defense Anatoly Gritsenko".
The email also alleges that the Iranian government requested use of Belarus airspace to transport arms and other material to Hamas from Ukraine. The Iranian government made the request because they fear outside involvement. They believe that some within the Ukrainian military, "people ... outside Syria" and "abroad" are attempting to interfere and help fund the manufacturing and shipment of weapons through "offshore companies controlled by the former high rank military command of Ukraine".
Although evidence could suggest Iran's willingness to supply arms to Hamas, in a report compiled on November 2, by the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, Iran is trying to stop weapons from being sent into Syria for the Free Syrian Army (FSA). The report quotes Iran's Supreme leader Ali Khamenei, who called for the FSA "to lay down their arms to be able to deliver their demands to the Syrian government."((ar)) In regards to the civil war in Syria, Khamenei went on to say that if outside entities "were to provide the opponents in every country of weapons from outside the country, it is natural that the regime responds to opponents"((ar)).
As part of the same leak, Anonymous also claims flight manifests show the Syrian and Russian governments have been sending large sums of money to each other. The manifests were published byProPublica, a non-profit investigative news organization. The manifests show at least 20 flights traveled to or from Damascus International Airport and Moscow's Vnukovo International Airport between August 14, 2012 and September 15, with each plane carrying "30 tons of bank notes" of undisclosed currency and denominations. The shipments occurred months after the United States (U.S.) accused Russia of sending attack helicopters to Syria.
On June 12, two months before the bank note shipments began, the U.S. accused Russia of sending attack helicopters to Syria, but the Russian government says the MI-25's are owned by Syria and were being repaired in Russia. Days later, the Russian government announced it was sending at least two naval vessels with troops to Syria in order to protect their bases during the uprisings. Approximately one month later on July 19, Russia along with Chinavetoed a United Nations Security Council (UN) resolution that would have enacted sanctions against the Syrian government. Approximately one month later on August 14, the first flight containing bank notes bound for Moscow left Damascus at 0300 UTC on a plane owned by Syrian Air. Several hours later at 1330 UTC, that same plane left Moscow and returned to Syria, again containing 30 tons of bank notes. According to the flight manifests, the Iranians used an Ilyushin Il-76 "civilian" aircraft. In all flights the type of aircraft was listed as civil and not military. In each flight the planes either made flyovers or stopovers in Azerbaijan, Iran and Iraq.
According to one report, the Russian government is printing currency for Syria so the government can pay their troops and purchase other military arms and supplies. According to Russia as reported by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on August 3, if they don't print currency for Syria, it could cause the country to go into an "economic and financial crisis." SANA also reported that Russia could seek a "foreign currency loan" for Syria if a crisis were to occur, but also added that Syria has "sufficient reserves [of money]" and that Syria "require[s] extra reserves."
If the bank notes were of United states currency (USD), a single note would weigh 1 gram according to the United States Department of the Treasury. If they were one-dollar-bills, 30 tons would be equal to roughly US$27,215,400. If the notes were 100-dollar-bills, 30 tons would be equal to roughly US$2,721,540,000. When totaling all 20 flights and assuming the banks notes were US$100 bills, the amount of money exchanged between the two nations would have been roughly US$54,430,800,000.
This is not the first time Anonymous has hacked into Syrian government email accounts. In February, the group hacked into 78 Syrian government email accounts and leaked the usernames and passwords associated with them. One of those accounts accessed belonged to an aide of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. One of the leaked emails, allegedly written by a press aide at Syria's mission at the UN in New York named Sheherazad Jaafari, talks about Assad's preparation for a December 2011 television interview with ABC News' Barbra Walters. In it, Jaafari wrote about ways the Syrian president might be able to manipulate the television audience.
"The American audience doesn't really care about reforms. They won't understand it and they are not interested to do so. American Psyche can be easily manipulated when they hear that there are 'mistakes' done and now we are 'fixing it.' Its [sic] worth mentioning also what is happening now in Wall Street [Occupy Wall Street] and the way the demonstrations are been suppressed by police men, police dogs and beatings," wrote Jaafari.
[edit]Sources
- Alex Spillius. "Russia ‘printing money for Syria’ claims report" — The Telegraph, November 26, 2012
- tehran@mofa.gov.sy. "Additional Information Requested by HE" — par-anoia.net, November 26, 2012 (Posted)
- "Tweet: 1 Gigabyte release" — Twitter, November 26, 2012; 2330 UTC
- "Tweet: Syria Teaser" — Twitter, November 26, 2012
- "Tweet: Announcing release within next 24 hours" — Twitter, November 26, 2012; 2029 UTC
- "Syrian Flight Manifests" — ProPublica, November 26, 2012 (Posted)
- M. Nassr; H. Said & H. Sabbagh. "Internal Trade Minister: The U.S. and EU Sanctions on Syria Target the Livelihood of the Syrian People" — Syrian Arab News Agency, August 3, 2012
- "Security Council Fails to Adopt Draft Resolution on Syria That Would Have Threatened Sanctions, Due to Negative Votes of China, Russian Federation" — United Nations Security Council, July 19, 2012
- "Security Council fails to adopt resolution on Syria" — The United Nations, July 19, 2012
- Roland Oliphant, Ruth Sherlock & Adrian Blomfield. "Syria: Russia sends back ship loaded with helicopters" — The Telegraph, June 21, 2012
- Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press. "Report: Russia to send marines to Syria" — Yahoo News, June 18, 2012
- Ian Black & Chris McGreal. "Syria: US accuses Russia of sending attack helicopters" — The Guardian, June 12, 2012
- Dante D'Orazio. "Anonymous hacks into 78 Syrian government email accounts" — The Verge, February 8, 2012
- Chloe Albanesius. "Anonymous Hacks Syrian President's Emails" — PC Mag, February 7, 2012
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