Posted on 09/08/2009 6:00:57 AM PDT by ETL
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.
The Arctic Sea, officially carrying a cargo of timber worth £1.3m, disappeared en route from Finland to Algeria on July 24. It was recovered off west Africa on August 17 when eight alleged hijackers were arrested. The Kremlin has consistently denied that the vessel was carrying a secret cargo. It claims the ship was hijacked by criminals who demanded a £1m ransom.
The official version was challenged by sources in Tel Aviv and Moscow who claimed the ship had been loaded with S-300 missiles, Russia’s most advanced anti-aircraft weapon, while undergoing repairs in the Russian port of Kaliningrad.
Mossad, which closely monitors arms supplies to Iran, is said to have tipped off the Russian government that the shipment had been sold by former military officers linked to the underworld.
(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...
PING.
Sounds more like the Russian mafia they can sell anything.
Read this exciting article about this saga: http://homelandsecurityus.com/?p=2994 Part One and then this: http://homelandsecurityus.com/?p=3008 Part Two
Mossad intel stopped Iranian arms shipment
The "Russian mafia" is one in the same with the Russian government.
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