Israel shows documents it says link Iran to arms
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http://www.chinapost.com.tw/international/middle-east/2009/11/12/232419/Israel-shows.htm
Israel shows documents it says link Iran to arms
JERUSALEM -- The Israeli military has released documents and photos
that it says proves Iran was behind the massive shipment of weapons
intercepted last week.
Israel says the ship seized was carrying 500 tons of Iranian-made
weapons to Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon. The ship had dozens of
containers with Iranian markings on it.
On Wednesday, the military released what it said was the ship's
manifest that showed it was handled by "Islamic Republic of Iran's
Shipping Lines." It also produced labeling from the containers
indicating the ship originated in Isfahan, Iran, and a customs form
stamped by the Iranian armed forces.
Both Iran and Hezbollah have denied the Israeli claims. Officials at
Iran's Foreign Ministry were not immediately available for comment
Wednesday.
An international expert who examined the documents and pictures of the
weapons said the arms came from Iran, but it was not possible to
determine whether the Iranian government was directly involved.
Another was not prepared to pinpoint the source of the weapons.
On Tuesday, the United States accused Iran of violating a U.N. arms
embargo by secretly sending the weapons aboard the "Francop" — a
merchant ship flying the flag of Antigua and destined for the Syrian
port of Latakia.
Israel has showcased the haul as proof of its long-standing contention
that Iran is supplying large quantities of arms to Hezbollah and Hamas
militants in Gaza.
Israel says the confiscated arms cache — the largest it has ever
seized — did not include any new types of weapons for Hezbollah.
However, the arms would have given Hezbollah a month's worth of
firepower in time of war. Israel has urged the world to focus on the
threat from the Lebanese militants' chief backer — Iran.
Among the arms Israel says it found aboard the vessel were 9,000
mortar bombs, 3,000 Katyusha rockets, 3,000 anti-tank shells, 20,000
grenades and more than a half million rounds of small arms ammunition.
Israel also says that a close examination of the munitions themselves
conclusively point to Iran as the source of the shipment.
The containers were stuffed with sacks of polyethylene pellets used to
conceal the munitions, Israel said. According to the markings, the
polyethylene was produced by Iran's National Petrochemical Co. It
included a telephone number that begins with 98 — which is Iran's
international dialing code.
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