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Commandos Board Ship Allegedly Smuggling Weapons To Gaza
Israel Navy vessels intercept HS Beethoven, detected about 160 miles from Israel flying a Liberian flag; commandos board ship with the captain's consent, search for weapons.Commandos from the Navy's elite unit Flotilla 13 boarded a vessel, the HS Beethoven, in the Mediterranean Sea on Sunday night that was allegedly trying to smuggle weaponry to the Gazoo Strip. The ship was detected about 160 miles from Israel flying a Liberian flag and was intercepted by Israel Navy vessels. Commandos boarded the ship with the captain's consent and were searching for weapons. The IDF stated that the boarding was part of a routine patrol. The HS Beethoven left Beirut on April 20 and was scheduled to arrive in Alexandria, Egypt on Monday evening. Prior to stopping in Leb, it had stopped in in Limassol, Cyprus. Last March, the Navy intercepted a ship called Victoria that was carrying about 50 tons of weaponry and was on its way to Egypt. It was also a Liberian-flagged ship and was also headed to Alexandria. The weapons cache seized on the Victoria included a number of sophisticated radar-guided Iranian anti-ship missiles that were supposed to go to Islamic Jihad ...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the liquidation of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah... inside Gazoo. Posted by: trailing wife 2012-04-23 |
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