US anti-piracy task force to intercept Iran's Hamas arms ship

by tikun | January 21, 2009 at 10:55 pm
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This just in from Debka: " 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. Israel's foreign minister Tzipi Livni flew to Brussels Wednesday, Jan. 21, to discuss adding the European Union to the understanding she signed with the US last Friday for ending the flow of smuggled Iranian weapons to Gaza.
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Uwe Paschen

 "EU members willing to combat piracy may hold back from attack Iranian shipping." IS what it says. This means clearly that the EU will not attack any Iranian Ship. Those are allegation that do need a UN resolution and are not supported by the EU because they are allegation and not fact. 

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