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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 it had been carrying missiles and rockets ...
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... Deputy Defence Minister Matan Vilnai told Army Radio. ... Israel's Channel 10 television said Israel had advance information about the vessel. Military sources said naval commandos stormed the ship in international waters. ... An official statement quoted Defence Minister Ehud Barak as saying the munitions were earmarked for "the terrorist arena in the north," an apparent reference to Hezbollah. Read more: http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE5A31R520091104?sp=... An earlier Haaretz article is commented on in the I/P forum here: ...
Panel: Iran Will Look To Repair Regional Appeal Damaged After Election
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... the region could have negative short-term consequences for the region, however. Panelist Karim Sadjadpour of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace said that the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps is now “essentially running Iranian foreign policy in the region, [while] the foereign ministry been sidelined.” Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaqi “is basically a spokesperson not deciding policy,” according to Sadjadpour. The recent seizure by Israel of what Israel claims were Iranian arms headed for Hezbollah could be an ominous sign of what’s to ...
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