ynetnews.com - 16 days ago
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Hezbollah-bound vessel carrying vast amounts of weapons, ammunition left Iranian port 10 days ago; cargo was transferred to German ship, seized a few hours after leaving Egyptian port on Tuesday. IDF: Syria planned to transfer arms to Lebanon by land Hanan Greenberg The Hezbollah -bound arms ...
jpost.com - 17 days ago
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jpost.com —
Hundreds of tons of weaponry, ten times the
size of the Karine A shipment of 2002, were
seized in an overnight raid Tuesday by the Israeli navy, some 100 nautical miles west of Israel, officials said. Defense officials said the 140-meter long Francop, ...
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PM: Ship proves Iran's support for terror ...
haaretz.com - 18 days ago
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haaretz.com —
Israel Navy Chief Brig. Gen. Rani Ben-Yehuda said
Wednesday that an arms ship seized near Cyprus earlier
in the day had been carrying hundreds of tons of weapons. Israeli commandos seized the ship before dawn on Wednesday and defense officials said ...
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bound Iran ship carried hundreds of tons of arms
foxnews.com - 17 days ago
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foxnews.com —
Israeli Navy Seizes Lebanon-Bound Ship Allegedly Carrying Arms
to Hezbollah Wednesday, November 04, 2009 JERUSALEM Israeli commandos
seized a ship Wednesday that defense officials said was carrying hundreds of tons of weapons from Iran bound for ...
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Bound Ship Allegedly Carrying Arms to Hezbollah
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The Francop affair aftermath
Yourish.com —
The considerable quantity of weaponry fished recently by our navy in Mediterranean is resting on dry land in the port of Ashdod, but the waves made by it are still churning. Our media is milking the story for what it is worth and then some. So does our foreign office, including a compulsory travel to the Ashdod exposition by the accredited diplomats. Cocktail hour amid hand grenades and rockets… It’s quite impossible these days to switch on an electric appliance here without getting some Francop-related news. Relax, folks, we miss many ...
Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/5/2009
Gates of Vienna —
... Arms Ship: How Iran Tried to Dupe Israeli Intelligence Hezbollah-bound vessel carrying vast amounts of weapons, ammunition left Iranian port 10 days ago; cargo was transferred to German ship, seized a few hours after leaving Egyptian port on Tuesday. IDF: Syria planned to transfer arms to Lebanon by land The weapons and ammunition, including 106 mm shells, 107 mm and 122 mm rockets, hand grenades, mortar shells, anti-tank missiles and ammunition for AK-47 rifles, were hidden in polyethylene bags. ...
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