Mossad behind "Artic Sea" hijacking says Russian press

Indian press agency ^ | 08 23 2009 | drzz

[SunkenCiv]

Sounds like a disinfo campaign, and that means Putin is probably involved.

A Russian newspaper claimed Friday that suspected pirates who boarded the freighter Arctic Sea were actually agents of the Israeli secret service trying to stop it from smuggling arms into Iran... may have been carrying illegal X-55 cruise missiles destined for Iran hidden among its cargo of lumber... the daily pointed to the surprise visit of Israeli President Shimon Peres Aug 18, a day after the Arctic Sea, which had been missing for three weeks, had been tracked down and liberated by Russian forces off West Africa... Russian authorities denied that the Arctic Sea had been smuggling weapons... The deployment at great expense of Russian Black Sea fleet to liberate the hijacked ship was undertaken for the sake of the 15 Russian seamen on board and not supposed weapons, Rogozin said... The suspects include a Lithuanian, a Russian, three stateless people, and a Spaniard, the report said, adding that the citizenship of the two remaining suspects had yet to be clarified.

[Kenny Bunk]

Shermy, will you keep the hell quiet!? If the Czar says it was the Joos, it was the Joos. OK? I don’t want those damned Cossacks progromming my shtetl again.

[Kenny Bunk]

.....The suspects include a Lithuanian, a Russian, three stateless people, a Spaniard, .... and a

Partridge in a pear tree?

[SunkenCiv]

:’)

[Slings and Arrows]

...the two people whose citizenship has yet to be clarified duck.

[DoorGunner]

EXCELLENT!!

[drzz]

It’s illegal weapon traffic.

The Russians still claim the ship had no weapons, while the Scandinavian press claims the contrary.

Do you know ANY ship carrying timber, if lost, being researched by the largest deployment of Russian navy in recent memories ?

No way.

[ninonitti]

o you know ANY ship carrying timber, if lost, being researched by the largest deployment of Russian navy in recent memories ?

Geiger counter?

[wolfcreek]

Not Russia’s first attempt.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/iran/x-55.htm

Can’t trust Russia or it’s former republics.

[OldDeckHand]

"Do you know ANY ship carrying timber, if lost, being researched by the largest deployment of Russian navy in recent memories ?"

Ambassador Andrei Lysenko: One of our submarines, an Alfa, was last reported in the area of the Grand Banks. We have not heard from her for some time.

Dr. Jeffrey Pelt: Andrei, you've lost another submarine?

[MSF BU]

My thoughts exactly. If it were Mossad, they could have arranged to scuttle the vessel after putting the crew off in life rafts no doubt in conjunction with their own egress plan. It does not make sense.

[Talisker]

The first is Osama bin Laden and the latter is zer0?

LOL!

[RAO1125]

When in doubt, blame the Jews. </s>

[happinesswithoutpeace]

/will read this later

thx

[Deb]

I'm sure you're right. I'd believe the Israelis were involved before anything else. The whole thing is fascinating. When I was in Moscow I loved reading the English speaking newspaper. It was so interesting.

The final story on this should be a good one. I just hope none of the good guys are in danger.