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Greek seize arms ship bound for ISIS
2015-09-05
(IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – The Greek authorities announced that the Coast Guard had captured a cargo ship loaded with weapons and explosives suspected of being sent to ISIS.

The news agency “Associated Press” quoted the Greek authorities as saying, “we captured a cargo ship loaded with weapons and explosives near the island of Crete; it was taken to a nearby port for research and investigation.”

According to “Associated Press,” “the Greek authorities did not give any information about the type and quantity of weapons on board and did not reveal the identity of the ship and its crew.”

Greek local media said that “the shipment was sent by terrorists linked with ISIS in Libya on its way to Iraq and Syria.
Posted by:badanov

#2  Turks. Arming MB and ISIS via Libya. Dirty mf'ers. We need to start treating them as an enemy, not an ally. Destabilize them and back the Kurds.
Posted by: OldSpook   2015-09-05 22:19  

#1  I believe this is a deliberately bland government version of an earlier article this week. If so, it "had been suggested" that the ship had departed from a port in Turkey and it was a Bolivian-flagged ship with a crew of Syrians and Egyptians.
Posted by: Pappy   2015-09-05 11:27  

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