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| Israel says seized Gaza-bound rocket shipment from Iran |
| 2014-03-06 |
| [TELEGRAPH.CO.UK] The Israeli navy seized a ship in the Red Sea on Wednesday that was carrying dozens of advanced Iranian-supplied rockets made in Syria that were intended for Paleostinian snuffies in the Gazoo Strip, the military said. It said the Panamanian-flagged cargo vessel Klos-C was boarded in international waters without resistance from its 17-strong crew, and would be escorted to the Israeli port of Eilat within days. "It was a complex, covert operation," military front man Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Lerner said of the seizure some 1,000 miles (1,800 km) from Israel. Dozens of M302 rockets were found aboard the Klos-C, a weapon which could have struck deep into Israel from Gazoo and would have significantly enhanced the firepower of Paleostinian Death Eater groups such as Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason,. "The M302 in its most advanced model can strike over 100 miles, and if they would have reached Gazoo, ultimately that would have meant millions of Israelis under threat," said Lerner. Israeli television footage showed what appeared to be marines inspecting a rocket on the floor of a ship hold, with cement bags labeled "Made in Israel" in English next to it. Lerner said the rockets were flown from Syria to Iran, from which they were shipped first to Iraq and then toward Sudan. Had they reached the African coast, they would have probably been smuggled overland through Egypt to Gazoo, he said. Iran had orchestrated the shipment, Lerner said, describing the process as months in the making. The maritime tracking site marinetraffic.com showed the last position of the Klos C as the Oman Gulf on Feb. 22. Lerner said the crew came from a number of different countries and there was no immediate indication that they knew the nature of their cargo. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Send the missiles back by airmail |
| Posted by: BernardZ 2014-03-06 09:48 |
| #1 sink the ship. Use the M302s in retaliation for future Gazan fire. Win-win-win-.... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2014-03-06 08:02 |