WND:
TEL AVIV – A ship seized by the Israeli navy near Cyprus today had been carrying enough weapons and munitions for the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorist group to fight Israel for at least one month, announced Rani Ben-Yehuda, the deputy commander of Israel’s navy.
The cargo ship originated in Iran and was headed for Syria, the Israeli [...]
Debka File:
Two US warships escort Iranian ship carrying arms for Hamas out through Suez Canal
DEBKAfile’s military sources report that a US Navy Coast Guard team this week boarded an Iranian arms ship flying a Cypriot flag in the Red Sea and found weapons in its hold.
This was the first time an America warship had [...]
Debka File:
The USS San Antonio amphibian warship, heading the Combined Task Force (CTF) 151 patrolling the Gulf of Aden for pirates, has been assigned with hunting down the Iranian cargo vessel carrying 60 tons of rockets and other arms for smuggling into Gaza.
This is revealed by DEBKAfile’s exclusive military sources. CTF 151 is a new [...]
The Debka File:
Iran recruits Somali pirates to replenish Hamas arms stocks
DEBKAfile’s military sources reveal a secret war waged by the US, Israel and Egypt to shut down Iran’s serpentine maritime routes through the Red Sea and Suez for refilling Hamas’ depleted arsenal by sea. After Hamas lost an estimated 60 percent of its weapons stocks [...]
Parachute with $3 million ransom floats toward Saudi tanker Sirius Star
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Five of the Somali pirates who released a hijacked oil-laden Saudi supertanker drowned with their share of a reported $3 million ransom after their small boat capsized, a pirate and port town resident said Saturday.
Pirate Daud Nure says the boat with [...]
TEHRAN, Iran  Iranian state radio says Iran has sent a warship to the coast of Somalia to protect its cargo ships against piracy.
The Saturday report says the ship arrived in Somali waters.
The Iranian ship would join vessels from the U.S., Denmark, Italy, Russia and other countries in patrolling the Gulf of Aden, which [...]
“Half the country is illiterate and three-quarters of it subsists on less than $2 a day, according to the World Bank. That is to say that Pakistan’s young men are more abundant as well as cheaper than in any other country in the region. Very poor and ignorant young men, especially if their only education [...]
It’s becoming rather stupidly obvious other countries using the waterway in that part of the world almost willingly allow themselves to fall prey to these scabby band of reprobate terrorists and their fishing boats and shitty arms … When a simple gatling gun on the deck of a ship would not only solve an immediate [...]
The ship has since been released and story found here.
Hijacked Iranian Ship was a Dirty Bomb Meant for Israel on Yom Kippur
(שִ×Âירָת דְּבורָ×â€)
On August 21st, 2008, the MV Iran Deyant, 44,458 dead weight bulk carrier was heading towards the Suez Canal. As it was passing the Horn of Africa, about 80 miles southeast of al-Makalla [...]
Background on this story found here.
(PressTV)
Somali pirates have released an Iranian ship, Dianat, two months after being hijacked in the notorious Gulf of Aden, Iran’s shipping company says.
On August 21, the pirates seized the Iranian bulk carrier, carrying 42,500 tons of minerals and industrial products.
“The ship Dianat was released on Friday morning after [...]
Seems everyone is now interested in this story….
We brought you this story a few days ago…
Somali Pirates Die After Being Exposed To Suspicious “Booty†On An Iranian Ship
Here is the update courtesy of Long War Journal.
A tense standoff is underway in northeastern Somalia between pirates, Somali authorities, and Iran over a suspicious merchant vessel and [...]
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My chemistry and physics knowledge is limited to my honors college prep classes in high school, and gleaning random info over the years since.
However, I do know that if this suspicious material IS ‘radioactive’ in nature … it ain’t “low-yield” shit.
Nope, while [...]
The fact is … the news media no longer deals in fact(s) … It deals in ’speculation’, first and foremost. When I was in school, I was told NEVER to speculate in the news. Not sure when the industry decided to toss out that commandment. Today’s industry, while mega-paced by 24/7 cable, has [...]
I kid you not…
THE Royal Navy, once the scourge of brigands on the high seas, has been told by the Foreign Office not to detain pirates because doing so may breach their human rights.
Warships patrolling pirate-infested waters, such as those off Somalia, have been warned that there is also a risk that captured pirates [...]
