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Cyprus unloads suspected Gaza-bound Iranian arms ship | Iran news | Jerusalem Post
Cyprus unloads suspected Gaza-bound Iranian arms ship | Iran news | Jerusalem Post
Cypriot authorities have started unloading a detained ship which the government says has breached a UN ban on Iranian arms exports. A government statement said Friday the cargo, which it did not identify, would be stored on the island. State CyBC radio said containers were being transported to a ...
Now they tell us: Iran is pursuing a bomb
tigerhawk.blogspot.com — Most political blog readers will remember the storm of controversy that erupted in early December 2007, when... a new American "National Intelligence Assessment" claimed that Iran had stopped development of a nuclear weapon in 2003. The New York Times ... (more) Now they tell us: Iran is pursuing a bomb
BBC NEWS | Middle East | Clerics urge new jihad over Gaza
BBC NEWS | Middle East | Clerics urge new jihad over Gaza
news.bbc.co.uk — At a weekend meeting in Istanbul, 200 religious scholars and clerics met with senior Hamas officials to... plot a new jihad centred on Gaza. The BBC's Bill Law was the only Western journalist at the meeting. In a hall crowded with conservative Sunni ... (more) BBC NEWS | Middle East | Clerics urge new jihad over Gaza
Don't Wait Until the Iranian Election
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Newspaper Roundup for Feb. 13, 2009
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Cyprus unloads weapons from Gaza-bound ship
Israel Matzav — Cyprus unloads weapons from Gaza-bound ship [image] Cyprus Radio reported on Friday that the Cypriot army is in the process of unloading weapons found aboard the Iranian ship that has been docked in Limmasol since the beginning of the month. The weapons were intended for Hamas in Gaza. The army is taking the weapons to an army base that is near the Limmasol port. A government statement said the cargo, which it did not identify, would be stored on the island. State CyBC radio said containers were being transported to a naval base under police and military guard. The Cypriot-flagged Monchegorsk has anchored off the port of Limassol since it arrived Jan. 29 under ...

Gates of Vienna News Feed 2/15/2009
Gates of Vienna — ... Iranian Ship Carried Munitions Supplies A ship suspected of carrying arms from Iran to Gaza had no weaponry aboard but carried material for making munitions, Cyprus said Friday. Cypriot authorities began unloading the cargo Friday. The government said it breached a UN ban on Iranian arms exports. Defense Minister Costas Papacostas said more than 90 containers loaded with “raw material that could be used in the manufacture of munitions” would be stored at a naval base. The Cypriot-flagged ...

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