you do know there is nothing illegal with selling weapons don't you ? and Iran manufacturers and sells weapons just like we do !
On Jan 25, 7:34 pm, Ohio mark <[email protected]> wrote: > The U.S. Navy is conducting covert operations aimed at intercepting > Iranian ships carrying weapons to rearm Hamas in the Gaza Strip, > informed defense officials told WND. > > The setup, which has already halted a vessel carrying Iranian > munitions in recent days, acts on intelligence information provided by > Israel, Egypt and Cyprus, the defense officials said. > > The U.S. Navy refused to comment, but informed sources said the U.S. > last week intercepted an Iranian-owned vessel found to be carrying > weapons, including rockets, mortar and artillery shells. It is > suspected the ship was attempting to reach the Egyptian Sinai area. If > successful, the delivery would have represented a major escalation by > providing Hamas with artillery, something the terrorist organization > is not thought to possess. > > The ship is now docked at an Egyptian port on the Red Sea after being > escorted by the U.S. Navy out of the Suez Canal, which leads to the > Mediterranean, the defense officials said. Due to complicated maritime > laws, the U.S. and Egypt may let the ship sail to the Mediterranean, > where either Israeli or Egyptian naval units would need to decide > whether to entirely halt the vessel. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
