JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli naval commandos seized a ship carrying hundreds of tons of Iranian-supplied arms, including rockets that can hit Israeli cities, to Lebanon's Hezbollah group, Israeli officials said on Wednesday.
Commodore Ran Ben-Yehuda, speaking as the search of the Antigua-flagged Francop was under way in Israel's Mediterranean port of Ashdod, said the weapons were found behind civilian goods in at least 40 shipping containers.
The shipment, he said, was enough to keep Iranian-backed Hezbollah, which fired some 4,000 rockets into Israel during a 34-day war in 2006, supplied for a month of fighting.
"The weapons came from Iran and were meant for Hezbollah," Ben-Yehuda told reporters at Ashdod port, where wooden crates of bullets, rocket-propelled grenades and variety of rockets which he said were unloaded from the ship filled a dock.
He said the containers were picked up by the Francop in the Egyptian port of Damietta and were to have reached Hezbollah in Lebanon via Syria.
Syria and Iran denied the Israeli allegations.
The Israelis caught a large shipment of weapons bound for hezbollah.
From Iran...
Suppose it had been a nuke? It could easily have been one. Iran doesn't need any kind of missile delivery system. A cargo container will do. Or a truck. It doesn't even need to be offloaded. Just detonate it in the harbor.
I believe Hezbollah apologists on this forum have stated that the organization is no longer a terrorist group. Hmm, this report would seemingly contradict such an assertion.
I believe Hezbollah apologists on this forum have stated that the organization is no longer a terrorist group. Hmm, this report would seemingly contradict such an assertion.
A bit hard to say that when anyone listens to the material coming out of Hezzbolah, or know anything about their history, or read any of their charters and positions or notice the fact that their flag has a massive mushroom cloud on it !!
I'm affraid that "The party of god" has always been and still remains one of the world's most dangerous terrorist organizations
The Israelis caught a large shipment of weapons bound for hezbollah.
From Iran...
Suppose it had been a nuke? It could easily have been one. Iran doesn't need any kind of missile delivery system. A cargo container will do. Or a truck. It doesn't even need to be offloaded. Just detonate it in the harbor.
Good job Israel. But, what is your point on this? It could have just as easily been cases of Barrel O' Monkeys. Should we invade Iran? (Not saying that is your point, just asking)
Good thing that diplomacy is working wonders with Iran.
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Suppose it had been a nuke? It could easily have been one.
It could have been a nuke about as easily as it could have been a unicorn. Conceptually, both fit in sea containers. Practically, they'd have to exist in order to put them there. So no, it could not have easily been a functional nuke from Iran.
The Israelis caught a large shipment of weapons bound for hezbollah.
From Iran...
Suppose it had been a nuke? It could easily have been one. Iran doesn't need any kind of missile delivery system. A cargo container will do. Or a truck. It doesn't even need to be offloaded. Just detonate it in the harbor.
A) It wasn't a nuke.
B) Clearly Hezbolah is too inept to even smuggle weapons into their own country.
C) If Iran gives their nuke to these amateurs and they do manage to hit Israel with it, Israel has more nukes to turn Iran into a parking lot--which they would do even before the dust settles.
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