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| Turkey holds suspicious Iran-Venezuela shipment |
| 2009-01-06 |
| Turkey was holding a suspicious shipment bound for Venezuela from Iran because it contained lab equipment capable of producing explosives, a customs official said Tuesday. Suleyman Tosun, a customs official at the Mediterranean port of Mersin, said military experts were asked to examine the material, which was seized last month, and decide whether to let the shipment to go to Venezuela. Authorities detected the equipment during a search of 22 containers labeled "tractor parts," Tosun said. They were brought to Mersin by trucks from neighboring Iran, he said. Turkey's Interior Ministry said an investigation was under way. "Experts from Turkey's Atomic Institute determined there were no traces of radioactive material, but said the equipment was enough to set up an explosives lab," Tosun said. "We have asked the military to send experts to determine whether to resume the shipment." Some barrels, labeled with "danger" signs, contained chemicals. Tosun said details were still unclear. An Iranian embassy official said the shipment contained "nothing important." Iran and Venezuela operate various joint ventures in Venezuela, including plants to assemble tractors and cars. The two countries also have agreed to team up on petrochemical projects. |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #9 PAKSIATNI DEFENCE FORUM > INDIA: PM SINGHS SEES INDIA SURROUNDED BY TERROR STATES [also increasingly nuclear-capable/armed]??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-01-06 22:16 |
| #8 OTOH, WAFF.com > Video/YOUTUBE - 2009 ISLAMIC REVOLUTION IN TURKEY. ALso, PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM [old] > IIRC NATO BELIEVES IRAN WON'T BE STOPPED FROM DEVELOPING NUCLEAR BOMBS. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-01-06 22:14 |
| #7 another reason the turks can bomb the PKK in Iraq with no problem with the US. They know who too cooperate with |
| Posted by: rabid whitetail 2009-01-06 18:09 |
| #6 Wouldn't ANY shipment from Iran to Venezuela be suspicious by default? I mean, they won't be shipping oil after all. |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2009-01-06 18:01 |
| #5 Parts is parts. |
| Posted by: Beavis 2009-01-06 16:48 |
| #4 Can the shipment be confiscated since the lab equipment and chemicals were labelled "tractor parts". |
| Posted by: DK70 the Scantily Clad7177 2009-01-06 16:27 |
| #3 good job Turkey!!! |
| Posted by: Victor Emmanuel Thronter7126 2009-01-06 15:28 |
| #2 well, since it's "nothing important" you won't mind if we dump it in this deep hole and cover it with concrete, will ya? |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2009-01-06 14:34 |
| #1 Naughty, naughty. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2009-01-06 13:29 |