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| Egyptian Army Seizes Smuggled Weapons Before Reach Gaza | |
| 2013-05-24 | |
| [Ynet] A spokesperson for the Egyptian army said troops seized large quantities of smuggled weapons before they reached Gazoo through tunnels in the Rafah area. The shipment seized included Qassam rockets, 110 automatic rifles, eight anti-aircraft missiles, 17 surface-to-air missiles and more. This is according to a post on the spokesperson's Facebook page. In addition, they reported that Egyptian border officers seized two cars trying to smuggle Grad rockets ...Soviet-developed 122-mm rockets, usually launched from trucks. Newer versions are reported to have a range of up to 30 km.... and other weapons from Libya into Egypt.
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| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 In one instance. How many shipments were not intercepted? I've been posting articles about weapons seizures about once a week, Muggsy Mussolini1226. Quite possibly many shipments are missed -- I haven't the knowledge to understand what's involved, though I like to imagine Mahmoud the Weasel's Egyptian cousins are thriving -- but my feeling, and it is only that, is this is a result of lack of control of Libyan storage sites coupled with Iranian eagerness to supply the Gaza front against Israel. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2013-05-24 21:50 |
| #1 In one instance. How many shipments were not intercepted? PR stunt. |
| Posted by: Muggsy Mussolini1226 2013-05-24 16:33 |