Posted on 07/27/2014 4:17:02 AM PDT by blam
Con Coughlin, The Telegraph
July 26, 2014
Exclusive: Hamas has paid North Korea for missiles and communications equipment in arms deal worth hundreds of thousands of dollars
Hamas militants are attempting to negotiate a new arms deal with North Korea for missiles and communications equipment that will allow them to maintain their offensive against Israel, according to Western security sources.
Security officials say the deal between Hamas and North Korea is worth hundreds of thousands of dollars and is being handled by a Lebanese-based trading company with close ties to the militant Palestinian organisation based in east Beirut.
Hamas officials are believed to have already made an initial cash down payment to secure the deal, and are now hoping that North Korea will soon begin shipping extra supplies of weapons to Gaza.
“Hamas is looking for ways to replenish its stocks of missiles because of the large numbers it has fired at Israel in recent weeks,” explained a security official. “North Korea is an obvious place to seek supplies because Pyongyang already has close ties with a number of militant Islamist groups in the Middle East
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Israel will destroy them before they reach shore.
The Norks still like the Yankee dollar...
Last week John Kerry announced that the US is pledging an additional $47 million for Gaza reconstruction. The blog Israel Matzav is speculating that at least a portion of that money is going to be used to fund this purchase from North Korea.
Wouldn't surprise me in the least if there were strings attached to the recent $48 million to Hamas, where it was stipulated to throw some of it the Nork's way.
"Hundreds of thousands"??? At today's prices, that'll only buy a few cell phones and maybe a couple dozen automatic rifles.....
The Israelis should intercept the missile shipment and then cheerfully return them to the Norks in the same courtesy that they are being delivered to Israel.
gotta luv the hats
ALL of that $47 Million will go to arms!!
Money is fungible, so they can eat or raise terror, they’ve chosen terror.
Didn’t congress have to approve the $47 million sent to Hamas? Or did Obama use “his pen” and his checkbook to help the enemy once again?
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