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2009-02-08 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

UN: Cargo of Iranian ship seized en route to Gaza violates resolution 1747

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Posted by Fred 2009-02-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top
File under: Hamas

#1 Oh dear. Poor Iran finds itself lying in the bed it has made. What will be the next bedbug bite, I wonder?

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2009-02-08 00:28|| 2009-02-08 00:28|| Front Page Top

#2 Ya know, fires at sea happen all the time. It would be a shame if this ship happened to catch fire, especially if it really does have ammo on board.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia">Rambler in Virginia 2009-02-08 01:56|| 2009-02-08 01:56|| Front Page Top

#3 Ah yes, the BBC has been all over this shocking story. /sarc

Posted by Bulldog 2009-02-08 04:23|| 2009-02-08 04:23|| Front Page Top

#4 the somewhat shocking thing to me is that all of a sudden the UN is doing some things right

- denouncing Hamas for stealing US stuff
- seizing Persian contraband stuff

Posted by mhw 2009-02-08 11:53|| 2009-02-08 11:53|| Front Page Top

#5 So far the only thing the UN is doing is talking(Ummm, don't they always do that?)

Posted by Rednek Jim">Rednek Jim 2009-02-08 12:45|| 2009-02-08 12:45|| Front Page Top

#6 Pre-empting more Israeli action, I suspect. Peres at Davos was a shocker to them. When *he* is sufficiently fed up to read them the riot act in public, they know that Israel really may be close to bombing Iran, rubbling Gaza or otherwise taking definitive actions.

Moreover, the Israelis have gone on the offensive wrt online information. We all have seen the video of attacks on Israel that originated at or immediately outside UN facilities with no attempt by the UN to prevent or disclose them. Ban was visibly shocked when Peres openly stated there was public video to that effect and that Hamas was videoed using UN ambulances for attacks and to transfer weapons. Ban may be slowly realizing that the UN has a major problem and it isn't caused by Israel but rather by their own actions.

Posted by lotp 2009-02-08 12:46|| 2009-02-08 12:46|| Front Page Top

#7 "the somewhat shocking thing to me is that all of a sudden the UN is doing some things right

- denouncing Hamas for stealing US stuff"

The U~~seless~~N~~itwits~~ didn't get their cut, mhw.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2009-02-08 13:50|| 2009-02-08 13:50|| Front Page Top

#8 Barbara---somewhat shocking...

LOL!!!

Posted by Alaska Paul 2009-02-08 15:18|| 2009-02-08 15:18|| Front Page Top

#9 OTOH, WORLD MIL FORUM [GOOGLE Chinglish translation] > CHINA'S MILITARY FORMALLY HANDS OVER MING-CLASS SBMARINES TO IRAN AGZ THE US AIRCRAFT CARRIER [Deal includes 300-some "unguided" or austere? TORPEDOES + large unknown number of ANTI-CARRIER? NAVAL MINES]???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2009-02-08 23:52|| 2009-02-08 23:52|| Front Page Top

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