Missing Channel Pirate Ship Carried Russian Arms For Iran

The Times ^ | September 6, 2009

[Strategy]

A CARGO ship that vanished in the Channel was carrying arms to Iran and was being tracked by Mossad, the Israeli security service, according to sources in both Russia and Israel.

[Cindy]

A Look at Iran
http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html

[Jeff Head]

If it was carrying arms for the government of Iran...I hope it is at the bottom of Davey Jone’s locker by now.

[glock rocks]

Q’uelle surprise! I’m just dumbstruck.

[GodGunsGuts]

When I first heard about this bizarre story, I figured something like this was going on. The KGB rulers of Russia may have changed their identification from communists to “ex”-communists, but they are the same old enemy working with the world’s rogue dictators to create more dictators, just like before.

[sonofstrangelove]

The plot thickens....

[Fichori]

There is still Soviet blood running in those Kremlin veins.

In other news, the atmosphere is composed mostly of nitrogen.

[LucyT]

[Bahbah]

This is a facinating story. Thanks for posting it.

[EGPWS]

A CARGO ship that vanished in the Channel was carrying arms to Iran and was being tracked by Mossad, the Israeli security service, according to sources in both Russia and Israel.

Hopefully, it vanished downward in about 30,000 ft of water.

[MamaB]

Good. I first thought send them to the bottom of the sea but there is something much better. Let Israel keep them.

[chuck_the_tv_out]

average depth of about 120 m (390 ft) at its widest part, reducing to a depth of about 45 m (150 ft) between Dover and Calais

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

With the Russians involved and the ship transiting the Channel, I'm surprised they didn't find it wrecked on the Minkies with a load of scrap iron.

[EGPWS]

average depth of about 120 m (390 ft) at its widest part, reducing to a depth of about 45 m (150 ft) between Dover and Calais

So much for that then. ; )

[NonValueAdded]

A Global Test for Dear Leader and I don’t mean L’il Kim.

[Cvengr]

ping

[Fred Nerks]

Since the Arctic Sea was retaken, Russia has imposed a security blackout. The hijackers, the crew and two investigative teams were flown back to Moscow in three Il-76 air freight planes. For more than a week after being freed the crew were not allowed to talk to their families. The captain and three crew are still on board the ship, which has resumed its voyage to Algeria, but they have not been able to call home.

MISLEADING HEADLINE. The ship is no longer 'missing'

[FourPeas]

Let's face it, it seemed rather "fishy" that a ship would disappear, that there would be no radio transmissions nor satellite images. It was obvious there was a story there someone in the USSR Russia didn't want us to know.

[hope]

oh,well who didn’t see that coming?

[fanfan]

We’re screwed, eh?

[PittsburghAfterDark]

I’d say question how many of the Israeli navy Dolphin class submarines were at sea at the time but if you’re talking about 140m of water it’s too easy to discover torpedo damage on a sunken vessel.

[LukeL]

Russia in its 100s of years of existence has always been ruthless and evil. Patton was right and we should have used the Nazis to fight the Bolsheviks

[Proud_USA_Republican]

The real B.S. in this coverup is the russian government painting this as rogue military officers and arms dealers/mafia gangs. Russia was likely notified by Mossad that they knew about the S-300 missiles as they were in transit. And they had two choices. Save Face with some b.s. story and get your missiles back or the real story goes public and/or your ship goes to the bottom of the sea.

I mean come the hell on. Take a look at this picture. Iran was going to need/or has already procured all the other toys as well like the radar and control systems from Russia as well to use these missiles. To claim the Russian government was completely clueless that all this hardware was being exported to a major trading partner without their knowledge is beyond fantasy land.

THe enhanced PVO-SV S-300V system, armed with the hypersonic 9M82 and 9M83 missiles, guided by the 9S19M Imbir / High Screen acquistion radar and the 9S32M Grill Pan engagement radar. The missiles use semiactive continuous wave homing, with illuminators on each TEL. The S-300V was designed from the outset as an ABM, to the extent that the specialised High Screen ABM radar is used. Both the S-300V and the S-300PMU-2/S-400 are highly mobile weapon systems, equipped with radio datalinks to connect battery elements.

[GodGunsGuts]

We should have destroyed them both when we had the chance.

[danamco]

Why would they send three huge air freighters to bring back about 20 people to Moscow, hmmm???

[danamco]

Let Israel keep them.

How would that be possible???

[Fred Nerks]

Russia finds missing Arctic Sea ship, 'debriefing' crew

[Perdogg]

ping

[An Old Man]

"Let's face it, it seemed rather "fishy" that a ship would disappear, that there would be no radio transmissions nor satellite images."

Don't bet the farm on that.

[LukeL]

A nuke on Moscow 64 years ago and there would have been no Cold War, no Castro in Cuba, no Red China, no North Korea, and South Vietnam would still stand.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Hmmmm. What is the time line of Russian subs being spotted off our coast?

[El Gato]

It appears that this one time, it's possible that the Joos really did do it. :)

Good for them.

Now if they could just do a little "document procurement".

[Quix]

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[fso301]

What happened to the balaclava clad men we were repeatedly told boarded the Arctic Sea posing as members of a law enforcement agency?

[daniel1212]

Reading some of the comments can basically leave one incredulous. Their logic is that since Israel has nuclear and missiles, so should Iran.

[Dr.Zoidberg]

In the immortal words of Gomer Pyle: "Surprise, surprise, surprise!"

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

Arms or Dope ?...

[Sender]

Aren't the Russians saying that they can sell Iran whatever the hell they want to? They didn't feel the need to hide it before.

The level of drama and secrecy surrounding the Arctic Sea suggests weapons beyond SAMs. Weapons that cannot be acknowledged.

[LucyT]

Here is an article about the missing Arctic Sea Cargo Ship. Although it is long, the second page has a fascinating account about Pirates and Nuclear Weapons. It is recommended reading.

Is Russia setting the stage for a nuclear apocalypse?

http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/14048

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Thanks for the pictures.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Same logic used by our lefty friends here in the States.

[Loud Mime]

Yes, but they believe in lawfare.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Busy over here:

Obama's green jobs czar Van Jones quits under fire (LA Times ...Van Jones, the onetime Marxist

[M. Espinola]

Putin’s Russian dictatorship and the tyrannical Iranian Islamic régime are two of a kind, the kind that is an enemy of Western civilization.

[OBXWanderer]

Let's face it, it seemed rather "fishy" that a ship would disappear

Somebody turned off the AIS

[Tainan]

Ping - Its baaaack.

Channel ship.

[benjibrowder]

Interesting about the balaclava’d men. They boarded somewhere around Kaliningrad. I’m guessing they were boarded by Russians.

[rawhide]

Curious why the smugglers chose this route? Why not via the Caspian sea, which both Russia and Iran border? Or via an overland route through a country like Azerbaijan, which both countries share a border with? This is why I found it a little hard to understand the arms would be going to Iran?

[GOPJ]

Thanks for the ping.