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US Navy says over 2,500 assault rifles found in Gulf seizure
[IsraelTimes] The US Navy says a recent arms seizure from small ships near war-torn Yemen  ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic...netted over 2,500 Kalashnikov assault rifles. The Navy’s Bahrain-based 5th Fleet gives the updated total in a statement. It boarded the skiff and the dhow, a traditional ship in the Persian Gulf, during a routine check in the Gulf of Aden on Aug. 28. The Navy adds: "The origin and intended destination of the skiff have not yet been determined." In early 2016, US-allied warships in the region stopped three dhows carrying thousands of Kalashnikov assault rifles as well as sniper rifles, machine guns, rocket-propelled grenade launchers, anti-tank missiles and other weapons believed bound for Yemen from Iran. Posted by: trailing wife 2018-09-06 |
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