Thursday, November 05, 2009

Iran caught shipping deadly cargo to Hizbullah




3,000 Missiles Found on Seized Arms Ship -Aron Heller

At least 3,000 missiles were on board the Francop, a vessel stopped by Israel off the coast of Cyprus and towed to the port of Ashdod.

Containers with dark green missiles inside bore writing in English that said "I.R. Iranian Shipping Lines Group." Israel alleged that the shipment of hundreds of tons of rockets, missiles, mortars, grenades and anti-tank weapons - the largest it ever seized - was headed for Hizbullah in Lebanon.

The ship had departed an Iranian port for Syria. [T]he ship carried ten times as many weapons as the Karine A, a weapons ship captured by Israeli forces in 2002.
(AP)


Revolutionary Guard Behind Arms Shipment -Hanan Greenberg

Israel hoped the operation will deter shipping companies, European harbors and insurance companies from doing business with seemingly innocent Iranian vessels which can blow up at any time.
(Ynet News)


Ship Proves Iran Supports Terror -Yaakov Katz & Tovah Lazaroff

Prime Minister Netanyahu said:

"Whoever still needed decisive proof that Iran continues to send weapons to terrorist organizations received it today in a very clear and unequivocal way."
(Jerusalem Post)

UPDATE: Click here for a 6 minute IDF Video of the Francop freighter, documenting it's capture and its contents

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