commentarymagazine.com - 25 days ago
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Israeli Navy commandos seized a cargo ship last night en route from Iran to Syria. It contained 10 times the arms that the Karine A attempted to deliver from Iran to the Palestinians in 2002, enough weapons, according to the head of the Israeli Navy, to keep Hezbollah supplied in a hot war for a ...
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nytimes.com - 10/30/2009
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This article is by David E. Sanger ,
Steven Erlanger and Robert F. Worth . WASHINGTON ...
Iran told the United Nations nuclear watchdog on Thursday that it would not accept a plan its negotiators agreed to last week to send its stockpile of uranium out ...
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Tehran Rejects Nuclear Accord, Officials Report
jpost.com - 24 days ago
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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 ...
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The New Karine A -- By: Jonah Goldberg
The Corner on National Review Online —
Via Noah Pollak at Contentions:
Noah's got a lot to say.
No evidence
Yourish.com —
... was in fact carrying Syrian-made items for consumption in Iran.
“Unfortunately a number of pirates disrupt business activities and frequenting of the ships, these pirates sometimes act in the name of [Iranians],” said the Syrian Foreign Minister.
Well as far as consumer good being transported, Israel provided visual proof that it’s not Syrian made toasters on the ship.
As Noah Pollak observes:
Moallem says there were no arms on board. The IDF has ...
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