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Israel Captures Alleged Iranian Arms Ship

Smuggled weapons were headed for Hezbollah, Israel says

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(Newser) – Israel has seized a cargo ship it says was being used to smuggle hundreds of tons of weapons from Iran to Hezbollah in Lebanon. Though the ship has been sequestered, Israel tells the BBC it does not believe the crew was aware of the operation, and that the weapons were in containers “disguised as civilian cargo” among other legitimate cargo. The weapons, including rockets and missiles, "originate from Iran,” a spokesman says, and were destined for use “against the state of Israel and its citizens.”

The ship in Ashdod, Israel.
The ship in Ashdod, Israel.   (AP Photo)
An arms ship seized by Israeli authorities near Cyprus today anchors in the port of the Israeli city of Ashdod.
An arms ship seized by Israeli authorities near Cyprus today anchors in the port of the Israeli city of Ashdod.   (AP Photo)
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RockyPneumonia
Nov 4, 09 11:37 AM CST
We will now have the usual afactual comments by people whose subtext, as usual, will be that Israel should allow its citizens to be murdered. Reply
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dontlikenobody
Nov 4, 09 12:27 PM CST
Othe contrary, Rocky - good for Israel, qualified only by the hope that this didn't take place on the high seas, or, if so, that it was authorized by the UN or an international treaty. Contrary to what you seem to think, a lot of us, me included, wish Israel well, and respect its right to exist and defend itself. My personal concern is that Israel is presently going down a very dark path to do so, and betraying its heritage as the land of hope. In other words Eretz Yisroel is betraying Israel. Israel, yes - Israel, right or wrong, no.
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RockyPneumonia
Nov 4, 09 12:57 PM CST
Yes, logothete, but you base that opinion on false hypotheses. You condemn Israel for attacking Hamas bases because Hamas has cynically put those facilities in locations that guarantee civilian casualties, yet you make no practical suggestion for any other way the Israelis can stop the attacks coming from those bases. I have no idea whether on not the ship was on the high seas, but I know that I would not care to be the Israeli official who had to tell a grieving mother, "Well, we could have stopped the weapons that were used to kill your 10-year-old daughter, but the ship was on the high seas..."
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RockyPneumonia
Nov 4, 09 3:54 PM CST
The difference between us, logothete, is that when Israel is forced, against its will, into a situation in which any action they take will result in civilian deaths, you think it's "wrong" for them not to opt for their own children to die. The more rational stance would be to decry the actions of those who put Israel into that impossible position.
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dontlikenobody
Nov 4, 09 5:45 PM CST
Rocky, that's overstated crap, and you know it. You're too intelligent for this sort of shit. The scenario you outlined in your first response sounds like a Jack Bauer justification. "You've got 24 hours, and it's us or them, do whatever you have to ..."Israel should at least be held to the same standard with regard to international law that we want to apply to Cheney et al. The end does NOT justify the means. The world ain't all black and white, no matter how much you'd like it to be.
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