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Missing Channel Pirate Ship Carried Russian Arms For Iran
The Times ^ | September 6, 2009

Posted on 09/05/2009 3:36:51 PM PDT by Strategy

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Israel; Russia
KEYWORDS: armssmuggling; hijack; iran; islam; israel; maritime; middleeast; mossad; obama; russia
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To: NonValueAdded

I’d say question how many of the Israeli navy Dolphin class submarines were at sea at the time but if you’re talking about 140m of water it’s too easy to discover torpedo damage on a sunken vessel.


21 posted on 09/05/2009 4:30:12 PM PDT by PittsburghAfterDark
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To: GodGunsGuts

Russia in its 100s of years of existence has always been ruthless and evil. Patton was right and we should have used the Nazis to fight the Bolsheviks


22 posted on 09/05/2009 4:35:07 PM PDT by LukeL (Yasser Arafat: "I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize")
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To: Strategy
The real B.S. in this coverup is the russian government painting this as rogue military officers and arms dealers/mafia gangs. Russia was likely notified by Mossad that they knew about the S-300 missiles as they were in transit. And they had two choices. Save Face with some b.s. story and get your missiles back or the real story goes public and/or your ship goes to the bottom of the sea.

I mean come the hell on. Take a look at this picture. Iran was going to need/or has already procured all the other toys as well like the radar and control systems from Russia as well to use these missiles. To claim the Russian government was completely clueless that all this hardware was being exported to a major trading partner without their knowledge is beyond fantasy land.

THe enhanced PVO-SV S-300V system, armed with the hypersonic 9M82 and 9M83 missiles, guided by the 9S19M Imbir / High Screen acquistion radar and the 9S32M Grill Pan engagement radar. The missiles use semiactive continuous wave homing, with illuminators on each TEL. The S-300V was designed from the outset as an ABM, to the extent that the specialised High Screen ABM radar is used. Both the S-300V and the S-300PMU-2/S-400 are highly mobile weapon systems, equipped with radio datalinks to connect battery elements.

23 posted on 09/05/2009 4:36:57 PM PDT by Proud_USA_Republican ("The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.")
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To: LukeL

We should have destroyed them both when we had the chance.


24 posted on 09/05/2009 4:38:25 PM PDT by GodGunsGuts
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To: Jeff Head

Why would they send three huge air freighters to bring back about 20 people to Moscow, hmmm???


25 posted on 09/05/2009 4:52:08 PM PDT by danamco
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To: MamaB
Let Israel keep them.

How would that be possible???

26 posted on 09/05/2009 4:54:31 PM PDT by danamco
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To: LucyT
Russia finds missing Arctic Sea ship, 'debriefing' crew


27 posted on 09/05/2009 5:00:40 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (fair dinkum)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; F15Eagle; GOPJ; Munz; Quix; SandRat; SJackson; SolidWood; SunkenCiv

ping


28 posted on 09/05/2009 5:02:04 PM PDT by Perdogg (Sarah Palin-Jim DeMint 2012 - Liz Cheney for Sec of State - Duncan Hunter SecDef)
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To: FourPeas
"Let's face it, it seemed rather "fishy" that a ship would disappear, that there would be no radio transmissions nor satellite images."

Don't bet the farm on that.

29 posted on 09/05/2009 5:05:22 PM PDT by An Old Man (Use it up, Wear it out, Make it do, or Do without.)
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To: GodGunsGuts

A nuke on Moscow 64 years ago and there would have been no Cold War, no Castro in Cuba, no Red China, no North Korea, and South Vietnam would still stand.


30 posted on 09/05/2009 5:12:20 PM PDT by LukeL (Yasser Arafat: "I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize")
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To: Strategy

Hmmmm. What is the time line of Russian subs being spotted off our coast?


31 posted on 09/05/2009 5:23:47 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. ~ George Orwell)
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To: Strategy
It appears that this one time, it's possible that the Joos really did do it. :)

Good for them.

Now if they could just do a little "document procurement".

32 posted on 09/05/2009 5:34:07 PM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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To: Perdogg

THANKS THANKS


33 posted on 09/05/2009 5:38:40 PM PDT by Quix (POL Ldrs quotes fm1900 2 presnt: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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34 posted on 09/05/2009 5:50:24 PM PDT by SJackson (There is always a need for intoxication: China has opium, Islam hashish, the West woman, Malraux)
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To: Strategy
What happened to the balaclava clad men we were repeatedly told boarded the Arctic Sea posing as members of a law enforcement agency?
35 posted on 09/05/2009 5:51:05 PM PDT by fso301
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To: Strategy

Reading some of the comments can basically leave one incredulous. Their logic is that since Israel has nuclear and missiles, so should Iran.


36 posted on 09/05/2009 5:53:47 PM PDT by daniel1212 ( For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: - Prv. 28:2)
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To: Strategy
In the immortal words of Gomer Pyle: "Surprise, surprise, surprise!"
37 posted on 09/05/2009 6:14:00 PM PDT by Dr.Zoidberg (Warning: Sarcasm/humor is always engaged. Failure to recognize this may lead to misunderstandings.)
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To: LucyT

Arms or Dope ?...


38 posted on 09/05/2009 7:12:40 PM PDT by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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To: Proud_USA_Republican
Aren't the Russians saying that they can sell Iran whatever the hell they want to? They didn't feel the need to hide it before.

The level of drama and secrecy surrounding the Arctic Sea suggests weapons beyond SAMs. Weapons that cannot be acknowledged.

39 posted on 09/05/2009 8:03:57 PM PDT by Sender (It's never too late to be who you could have been.)
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To: 1COUNTER-MORTER-68; Sender

Here is an article about the missing Arctic Sea Cargo Ship. Although it is long, the second page has a fascinating account about Pirates and Nuclear Weapons. It is recommended reading.

Is Russia setting the stage for a nuclear apocalypse?

http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/14048


40 posted on 09/05/2009 8:32:29 PM PDT by LucyT (We Live In The Land Of The Free Only Because Of The Brave.)
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