[Al Ahram] A speedboat carrying weapons in the Red Sea was neither Israeli nor Iranian, an army spokesperson has confirmed. The speedboat, which was stopped on Thursday near Ras Mohamed, was carrying a Togo flag and was in the area to protect ships in the area from Somali pirates, Colonel Ahmed Ali said via Facebook."International private security companies have formed units of ex-coppers to secure fat merchantmen in the Red Sea using speedboats. Some of these speedboats enter Egyptian waters by mistake," Ali added.
The speedboat contained 64 M6 assault rifles, 28 pistols and security guards from America, Ukraine, Russia and Greece.
| Sounds like a cover for that great cruise ship / pirate-hunting idea of a couple years back... |