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Israel seizes ship with Iran arms for Gaza: Netanyahu
Reuters /Yahoo! ^ | March 15, 2011 | by Jeffrey Heller

Posted on 03/15/2011 8:09:34 AM PDT by library user

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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli naval commandos on Tuesday seized a cargo ship in the Mediterranean carrying what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said were Iranian-supplied weapons intended for Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip.

A military spokeswoman said Israeli forces met no resistance when they intercepted the German-owned "Victoria" some 200 miles from Israel and were taking the vessel to the Israeli port of Ashdod.

Israel maintains a land and naval blockade of the Gaza Strip, a coastal enclave controlled by Hamas, an Islamist movement opposed to peace with the Jewish state.

The military said the vessel had set off from the Syrian port of Latakia and stopped in Mersin, Turkey, before heading toward Alexandria in Egypt. Turkey has no involvement in the arms shipment, the military said.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Israel
KEYWORDS: gaza; germany; hamas; iran; israel; syria; turkey; victoria
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To: ichabod1

Nah, nobody cares about Israel unless a Palestinian dies. (Crickets from most nations following the slaughter of babies the other day)


21 posted on 03/15/2011 9:27:45 AM PDT by agrace (www.profoundprophecy.com)
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To: Seruzawa

German-owned need not necessarily imply German government involvement. Many merchant ships, irrespective of the nationality of their owners, carry registry in, for example, Panama, or Greece.


22 posted on 03/15/2011 9:36:11 AM PDT by Elsiejay
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To: Elsiejay

Not necessarily the govt, true. But anti-semitism is rampant in Europe where commonly the people blame Israel for all the woes of the middle east. No reason some rich businessman wouldn’t lend a hand to the jihadis.


23 posted on 03/15/2011 9:51:15 AM PDT by Seruzawa (Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for good blaster kid.)
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To: Roccus

Biblical.


24 posted on 03/15/2011 9:55:58 AM PDT by AliVeritas (Pray. For all the latest, check out: http://directorblue.blogspot.com/)
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To: Seruzawa
Omigosh. The Deutsche are involved. Whodathunk?

What? The Deutsche, who gave (as in free) the Israeli Navy two cruise-missile launching submarines, that act as Israel's nuclear deterrent? Those Deutsche? Omigosh.

What's your point, exactly?

25 posted on 03/15/2011 10:15:12 AM PDT by Cheburashka (Blade Runner was set in 2019. Except for the flying cars and replicants we're right on schedule.)
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To: Seruzawa

. .. .. “No reason some rich businessman wouldn’t lend a hand to the jihadis”.

Quite so; good point.


26 posted on 03/15/2011 10:22:56 AM PDT by Elsiejay
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To: library user

Good for Israel.


27 posted on 03/15/2011 10:24:25 AM PDT by GOPJ (http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php - It's only uncivil when someone on the right does it.- Laz)
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To: Cinnamon Girl

Isn’t it nice that the Israelis have an actual man at their helm, steering the ship of state?


28 posted on 03/15/2011 10:24:56 AM PDT by ottbmare (off-the-track Thoroughbred mare)
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To: Roccus

The Iranians already delivered the weapons to Hez via those warships. All the Bull about staying until Spetember was just that. Bull.


29 posted on 03/15/2011 10:41:34 AM PDT by tcrlaf (Democrats Outforced America's Jobs for 40 Years. Now The Bill Is Due)
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To: library user
Israel maintains a land and naval blockade of the Gaza Strip, a coastal enclave controlled by Hamas, an Islamist movement opposed to peace with the existence of the Jewish state.

Damn that Reuters again... I got to fix their stuff all the time!

30 posted on 03/15/2011 11:18:40 AM PDT by Publius6961 (There has Never been a "Tax On The Rich" that has not reached the middle class)
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To: nikos1121
How do they know?

Don't be an idiot.
Israel actually takes national security seriously.

This is not an OBAMA WTF moment...

31 posted on 03/15/2011 11:21:23 AM PDT by Publius6961 (There has Never been a "Tax On The Rich" that has not reached the middle class)
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To: Ooh-Ah

Prayers for Israel.


32 posted on 03/15/2011 11:23:30 AM PDT by servantboy777
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To: Cheburashka
What? The Deutsche, who gave (as in free) the Israeli Navy two cruise-missile launching submarines, that act as Israel's nuclear deterrent? Those Deutsche? Omigosh. What's your point, exactly?

Please ignore the clueless and ignorant on FR.
Yes, even Free Republic has its share; Hard to tell them apart, sometimes, from the trolls. But they think they're profound.

33 posted on 03/15/2011 11:31:39 AM PDT by Publius6961 (There has Never been a "Tax On The Rich" that has not reached the middle class)
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To: nikos1121

Israel has a real president.


34 posted on 03/15/2011 11:32:37 AM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51. Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: SJackson

for your review & possible ping.


35 posted on 03/15/2011 11:34:28 AM PDT by JoyjoyfromNJ (everything written by me on FR is my personal opinion & does not represent my employer)
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To: jacknhoo

prime minister.


36 posted on 03/15/2011 11:34:50 AM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51. Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: ottbmare
Yes.

In this photo released by the Israeli Government Press Office, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center left, and Interior Minister Eli Yishai, center right, stand next to a barbed wire fence as they tour the Israel-Egypt border, in southern Israel, Tuesday, March 15, 2011. The Israeli navy intercepted an Egyptian-bound ship carrying a large delivery of weapons off the country's Mediterranean coast on Tuesday, saying the arms had been sent by Syria to Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip.

37 posted on 03/15/2011 11:50:33 AM PDT by Cinnamon Girl (i before e, except after c, except after Reince Priebus)
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To: library user

This would have been a big story last week


38 posted on 03/15/2011 12:04:52 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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To: Cinnamon Girl

Love the last pic.


39 posted on 03/15/2011 2:41:45 PM PDT by riri
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Middle East and terrorism, occasional political and Jewish issues Ping List. High Volume

If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.

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40 posted on 03/15/2011 3:35:00 PM PDT by SJackson (Normal people don't sit cross-legged on the floor and bang on drums, WI State Sen Glenn Grothman (R))
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