Alleged Israeli attacks of Iranian weapons facilities in Iraq appear to be targeting Iran's 'land bridge' to the Mediterranean

Jerusalem Post:
One day after another mysterious explosion rocked arms depots belonging to Iranian-backed Shi’ite militias in Iraq, Israeli satellite imaging firm ImageSat International (ISI) claimed that Iran’s land bridge to Syria and Lebanon is under attack.

According to the assessment released on Thursday, three sites with storage hangers in the Baghdad area have been attacked in the last month.

“These sites are probably ammunition storages, possibly for missiles and unique weapons,” ISI said, adding that the “attack aimed to destroy the Iranian land bridge from Tehran to Syria and Lebanon as well as to prevent the Iranian capability of conducting attacks from the Iraqi territory against surrounding countries.”

On Tuesday, explosions rocked an arms depot belonging to the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) near Balad air base some 80 km. north of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. According to ISI, which released images of the site taken on Thursday, shipping containers that had been stored at the base were completely destroyed in an airstrike.

An earlier strike on August 12 targeted another munitions depot southwest of Baghdad that belongs to Iranian-backed Shi’ite militias, killing one civilian and injuring 13 others. ISI assessed that the warehouse, which measured 140 by 180 m., belonged to the Hashd al-Shaabi militia and was located in the Iraqi Al-Saqr military base.

“The main building is destroyed, with significant collateral damage signs,” ISI said, adding that, “based on the observed damage characteristics in this image, it is probable that the blast was caused by an airstrike followed by secondary explosions of the explosives stored in the place.”

Last month in Iraq’s northern Salaheddin province, an explosion rocked another military base in Amerli, killing two people.

For a number of years now, Iran has been trying to establish a 1,200 km. length land bridge from Tehran to the Mediterranean.

In May, satellite images taken by ISI showed that Iran has been building a new border crossing – 2.6 km. west of the official Al-Bukamal Al-Qaim border crossing – which would expedite the transfer of weapons from Tehran to groups like Hezbollah in Syria or Lebanon.
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There is more including satellite photos of before and after shots of the weapon storage facilities.  I suspect the Israelis are using their F-35 stealth planes for these attacks.

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