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| 'Iran Weapons Ship' Arrives in Israel |
| 2014-03-09 |
| [An Nahar] A ship allegedly carrying advanced rockets from Iran to Gazoo that was intercepted by the Israeli navy arrived Saturday in the Red Sea port of Eilat, an Agence La Belle France Presse photographer said. Israeli naval commandos seized the vessel on Wednesday in the Red Sea between Eritrea ...is run by the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ), with about the amounts of democracy and justice you'd expect from a party with that name. National elections have been periodically scheduled and cancelled; none have ever been held in the country. The president, Isaias Afewerki, has been in office since independence in 1993 and will probably die there of old age... and Sudan, with the military saying it was carrying an Iranian shipment of M-302 rockets destined for the Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason,-run Gazoo Strip. The Panamanian-flagged Klos-C was escorted into Eilat port by two Israeli warships. Thousands of Israelis gathered on a hill overlooking the port broke into applause when the ship came into view. "We will dismantle all the containers to verify if they contain other weapons," an army front man said, adding that a news conference will be held at the end of operations late on Monday. Israeli radio said that ambassadors and military attaches posted to Israel as well as "prominent Israeli figures" would be invited to view the weapons seized by the army. This, the radio said, "will prove to the world that Iran is providing weapons to forces of Evil active in the Gazoo Strip". Iran has flatly denied any involvement with the shipment, which the Israeli army said was carrying missiles capable of striking anywhere in Israel. At the time of the vessel's capture on Wednesday, military front man Brigadier General Motti Almoz told army radio that dozens of the M-302 long-range missiles were on board. "From what we understand, it was carrying dozens of M-302 long-range missiles which can reach 150 to 200 kilometers (90-125 miles). It may be carrying other weapons as well, but we can only know this when it reaches Eilat. "There is clear and unequivocal information that this (shipment) came from Iran," Almoz said, without elaborating. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif accused Israel of lying and noted that the announcement of its capture coincided with a speech by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the AIPAC pro-Israeli lobby in the United States. "An Iranian ship carrying arms for Gazoo. Captured just in time for annual AIPAC anti Iran campaign. Amazing Coincidence! Or same failed lies," Zarif wrote on Twitter on Thursday. Netanyahu has been pressing the international community to maintain crippling economic sanctions on Iran over its nuclear drive, and used last week's visit to the U.S. to push his case. World powers have eased the sanctions as part of a landmark deal struck in November, under which Iran undertook to curb its nuclear activities for six month. The United States, other Western powers and Israel have long suspected Iran of using its nuclear energy program as a cover for developing atomic weapons, a charge denied by Tehran. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 I'm surprised Israel isn't internationally condemned for piracy on high seas. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-03-09 15:54 |
| #2 Pile them all up in a congested Gaza residential area. Give residents 24 hours to bamos. Then a control detonation. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-03-09 09:33 |
| #1 Israel needs to expedite delivery of those rockets to Gaza. Fastest way possible, please (point & launch.) |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2014-03-09 09:30 |