Reports began to trickle out of the Middle East early Wednesday morning that elite Israeli commandos had stopped and boarded an Iranian vessel in the Red Sea carrying a massive arms shipment to Hamas. A video quickly published by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) – and embedded below – indicates that Israeli intelligence had been tracking the shipment of advanced missiles since it left Syria. From Syria the missiles had apparently traveled through Iran, and – after departing an Iranian port ten days ago – through Iraq. The Klos-C merchant ship was flagged as Panamanian and was sailed by 17 crew members from a cross-section of nationalities. The interdiction took place 1,500 kilometers off Israel’s coast, and the Israelis had reportedly been tailing the ship for several days. All 17 have been taken in for questioning, though early IDF statements suggested they were probably not aware of what they were carrying. The missiles were reportedly hidden behind cement. The cargo contained, among other things, advanced M302 missiles with a range of 125 miles. thetower.org/breaking-idf-intercepts-massive-gaza-bound-iranian-arms-shipment-observers-call-attention-regional-cascade-risks/
Posted on: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 15:02:15 +0000
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