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| Iran, Syria reject Israeli claims over arms cargo |
| 2009-11-05 |
| Tehran has dismissed claims that a container intercepted by Israel was carrying 'hundreds of kilograms of Iranian-made arms' to Lebanon. In remarks that instantly became the focus of Western media outlets, Israeli military sources said they found a large cache of weapons when they stormed a Lebanon-bound ship on Tuesday. The sources added that the ship, which is currently being unloaded in Israel, was Iranian and the weaponry was destined for the Hezbollah resistance movement either in Lebanon or Syria. "We found dozens of containers, with hundreds of tons of arms bound for Hezbollah from Iran," Israel's deputy naval commander, Rani Ben Yehuda, told reporters on Wednesday. Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, in a joint press conference with his Syrian counterpart Walid Muallem on Wednesday, dismissed the allegations out of hand. His remarks were backed by Muallem, who asserted that contrary to Israeli claims, "the ship was not carrying Iranian-made weaponry for Syria or Lebanon," but was in fact carrying Syrian-made items for consumption in Iran. "Unfortunately a number of pirates disrupt business activities and frequenting of the ships, these pirates sometimes act in the name of [Iranians]," said the Syrian Foreign Minister. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 "Sgt Schultz" > now lets not brng innocent PUMP/PIMPERNICKEL [Schultzy's fav] into this. * WORLD NEWS > ISRAEL: HEZBOLLAH WEAPONS [ship]COULD LET HEZBOLLAH FIGHT/BOMB ISRAEL FOR ONE MONTH. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-11-05 23:16 |
| #5 It must be their lying eyes--the Israelis released the video! |
| Posted by: Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2009-11-05 11:19 |
| #4 HEY!!! That's my line....use one of your own. Are you Joe |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2009-11-05 10:31 |
| #3 Look on the bright side: We all agree that anyone who would try to do such a thing would be verifiable @$$holes. |
| Posted by: gorb 2009-11-05 10:31 |
| #2 I did not have sex with that woman! |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-11-05 06:23 |
| #1 Syria and Iran sound like Sgt. Schultz! |
| Posted by: borgboy 2009-11-05 00:59 |