backspin.typepad.com - 19 days ago
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NY Times readers can be forgiven for not believing Iran is connected to arms boat seized en route to Syria. Reporter Myra Noveck writes: News reports quoted the Israeli president, Shimon Peres, and other officials saying the ship had been...
pajamasmedia.com - 15 days ago
jpost.com - 19 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 ...
commonsensewonder.blogspot.com - 18 days ago
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commonsensewonder.blogspot.com —
Caroline Glick is sounding some alarm bells. It
also sounds like Obama threatened Israel recently and made
them publicly back his efforts to appease the Iranians: ALL IN all then, on the surface, this past week seemed like a horrible week for the mullahs. But appearances can be deceiving. ...
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Things Are Going Well for Iran, Unfortunately
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ABC Reports Iran Caught Sending Record Arms Shipment to Hezbollah
Hyscience —
... We have to give members of the mainstream media credit when and where credit is due because they actually report the true facts of a story. Unlike the New York Times, which completely missed the Iranian connection, ABC was unique among it's sister network evening newscasts to report that the ship seized by the Israeli navy was loaded with tons of weapons bound for Hezbollah militants in Lebanon and that the origin of those weapons was Iran. And ABC even went so far as to give credibility to the conservative view that Iran should not be ...
No evidence
Yourish.com —
... in the UN. Both articles are effectively suggesting that Israel’s making a claim to deflect attention from its (unproven) guilt. Just like Yaser Abad Rabbo did in 2002.
AP (via memeorandum) too:
But hours after the seizure, Israel had not provided proof that the arms were meant for the Lebanese guerrillas.
At least AP doesn’t mention the irrelevant (to this story) UN activity.
Media Backspin observes that there is proof that the ship is Iranian in origin.
But what more proof does Israel need? ...
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