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UN fingers Iranian port as key weapons conduit for Yemen rebels
timesofisrael.com ^

Posted on 01/09/2022 6:01:24 PM PST by BenLurkin

The UN imposed an arms embargo on the Houthis in 2015.

The United States and ally Saudi Arabia — which leads the military coalition backing the Yemeni government — have long accused Iran of supplying the Houthis with weapons, a charge Tehran denies.

Citing a confidential report by a UN Security Council panel of experts on Yemen, the Journal wrote that boats and land transport were used to smuggle weapons made in Russia, China and Iran into Yemen.

deck, in a photo released Dec. 21, 2021. (Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Elisha Smith/US Navy via AP) WASHINGTON — The United Nations found thousands of weapons recently seized in the Arabian Sea likely came from a single port in Iran, evidence Tehran is exporting arms to Yemen and elsewhere, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday.

Yemen has been wracked by civil war since 2014, pitting Iran-backed Houthi rebels against the internationally recognized government.

The UN imposed an arms embargo on the Houthis in 2015.

The United States and ally Saudi Arabia — which leads the military coalition backing the Yemeni government — have long accused Iran of supplying the Houthis with weapons, a charge Tehran denies.

Citing a confidential report by a UN Security Council panel of experts on Yemen, the Journal wrote that boats and land transport were used to smuggle weapons made in Russia, China and Iran into Yemen.

The arms included rocket launchers, machine guns and sniper rifles, which had been seized by the US Navy in recent months.

Boats used to transport the weapons had left from the southeastern Iranian port of Jask, the UN report found, based on interviews with the boat crew and data from the onboard navigational instruments, the Journal said.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: iran; iraq; lebanon; waronterror; yemen

1 posted on 01/09/2022 6:01:24 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Can we just stomp them with both feet and be done with them?


2 posted on 01/09/2022 6:05:52 PM PST by Theophilous Meatyard III
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To: BenLurkin

All they need are a few more plane loads of cash and they’ll come around.


3 posted on 01/09/2022 6:08:54 PM PST by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged )
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To: BenLurkin

Blow it up UN


4 posted on 01/09/2022 6:21:41 PM PST by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Citing a confidential report by a UN Security Council panel of experts on Yemen, the Journal wrote that boats and land transport were used to smuggle weapons made in Russia, China and Iran into Yemen... included rocket launchers, machine guns and sniper rifles... had left from the southeastern Iranian port of Jask...

5 posted on 01/09/2022 7:37:42 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Worshippers of the Iranian mullahcracy and Houthi terrorists hardest hit!)
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To: BenLurkin

The UN fingers Iran port’’.

EEWWW. What’s the UN fingering an Iranian port for?


6 posted on 01/10/2022 10:36:27 PM PST by jmacusa (America.Founded by geniuses. Now governed by idiots. )
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