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Persian warships maybe rethinking Suez transit
Various reports are that the Persian ships that were planning to transit the Suez canal have

- changed their mind

- were ordered by Tehran to come back

- ran into some tech problems

- were blocked by Egypt (that's the Haaretz report to which I've linked)

- didn't bring the right forms or enough in the way of fees
Or, per the Jerusalem Post, are going through after all. But apparently the rule is that ships which want to go through the canal must give the Egyptian authorities 24 hours notice in order to get a place in the queue.

Posted by: Lord Garth 2011-02-17
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=316287