Skip to comments.
U.S. Navy seizes cache of weapons aboard ship in Arabian Sea (this week)
cbsnews ^
| 5/10/2021
| cbsnews
Posted on 05/13/2021 11:55:52 AM PDT by caww
When people question where weapons are coming from in conflicts...
Based on interviews with the crew and material investigated on board, the sailors determined the vessel came from Iran, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the ongoing investigation.
When laid out on the deck of the Monterey, the scale of the find came into focus. Sailors found nearly 3,000 Chinese Type 56 assault rifles, a variant of the Kalashnikov. They recovered hundreds of other heavy machine guns and sniper rifles, as well as dozens of advanced, Russian-made anti-tank guided missiles. The shipments also included several hundred rocket-propelled grenade launchers and optical sights for weapons.
The guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey discovered the weapons aboard what the Navy described as a stateless dhow, a traditional Mideast sailing ship, in an operation that began Thursday in the northern reaches of the Arabian Sea off Oman and Pakistan. Sailors boarded the vessel and found the weapons, most wrapped in green plastic, below deck.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banglist; moreoldnews; navy
Comment #1 Removed by Moderator
To: caww
Darn, I wondered what happened to those
To: woodbutcher1963
Quite the haul and then some. A poster wrote laughing that this was intended for Yemen....others believe otherwise.
3
posted on
05/13/2021 12:07:28 PM PDT
by
caww
( )
To: caww
Seems likely. Iran’s proxy war against KSA.
4
posted on
05/13/2021 12:13:52 PM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: FreedomPoster
Iranian leadership lives for war at any place and time....as long as it’s not on their land.
5
posted on
05/13/2021 12:26:46 PM PDT
by
caww
( )
To: caww
Sailors found nearly 3,000 Chinese Type 56 assault rifles, a variant of the Kalashnikov. They recovered hundreds of other heavy machine guns and sniper rifles, as well as dozens of advanced, Russian-made anti-tank guided missiles. The shipments also included several hundred rocket-propelled grenade launchers and optical sights for weapons. According to CNN it was baby milk and diapers. Nothing to see here folks, move along.
6
posted on
05/13/2021 12:29:56 PM PDT
by
New Perspective
(#NotMyPresident -Proud father of a son with DS & fighting to keep him off biden's death panels.)
To: All
Wish there was a way we could ship these weapons to the anti-mullah resistance in Iran...
7
posted on
05/13/2021 12:40:40 PM PDT
by
MplsSteve
To: New Perspective
Well CNN has it's butt in a sling because none of their reporting is ever accurate...not even close. In fact what they do isn't reporting news....they're a propaganda entity...and certainly not for our country or it's people. To their shame and for prospective even RT and Aljazeere does better!
8
posted on
05/13/2021 1:15:20 PM PDT
by
caww
( )
To: woodbutcher1963
9
posted on
05/13/2021 1:52:19 PM PDT
by
Dogbert41
(Proud member of the Poor Boy Gang. )
To: FreedomPoster
Iran and KSA at war?
What's the problem? We should be sending weapons to both of them.
10
posted on
05/13/2021 1:55:41 PM PDT
by
Jim Noble
(Extremism in the defense of Liberty is no vice)
To: caww
Do those US Sailors know about Biden?
11
posted on
05/13/2021 2:01:11 PM PDT
by
gitmo
(If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
To: gitmo
12
posted on
05/13/2021 2:03:52 PM PDT
by
caww
( )
To: caww
Iranian leadership lives for war at any place and time....as long as it’s not on their land. The Iranian (Persian) government is willing to fight to the last Arab. They bled Hezbollah white to support the Assad regime. They spent good money hiring Iraqi Shias to rocket, mortar, and plant IEDs against us. But actual Iranians were fairly rare.
13
posted on
05/13/2021 2:09:35 PM PDT
by
drop 50 and fire for effect
("Work relentlessly, accomplish much, remain in the background, and be more than you seem.")
To: New Perspective
The weapons will be turned over to the CIA which will start or continua a war somewhere.
To: drop 50 and fire for effect
It also keeps their male population with a paycheck. They send them everywhere.
15
posted on
05/13/2021 2:14:53 PM PDT
by
caww
( )
To: Jim Noble
There’s an argument for that, for sure.
16
posted on
05/13/2021 2:18:55 PM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: Bookshelf
I would not bet against you.
17
posted on
05/13/2021 2:19:13 PM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson