> November 4, 2009, 11:03 PM (GMT+02:00)

> Iranian weapons unloaded from Francop at Ashdod
> DEBKAfile's military and intelligence sources report that a mammoth
> arms train has been running to Hizballah for months via Egypt. They
> identify the ship which offloaded the arms shipment at the Egyptian
> port of Damietta, where it was picked up by the Francop as the Iranian
> Visea, which is now on its way from the British port of Felixtowe to
> Hamburg, Germany. An international operation is afoot to apprehend the
> Iranian ship as of Wednesday, Nov. 4, when Israeli naval forces
> commandeered the Francop with hundreds of tons of Iranian arms bound
> for the Lebanese Hizballah near Cyprus. The arms were unloaded at the
> Israeli naval base at Ashdod port.

> The Visea was formerly called Iran Zanian. She is owned by the IRISL
> corporation, Iran's national shippers.

> The estimated 500 of tons of weapons aboard were concealed inside
> sacks of polyethylene and loaded aboard the Visea either at Bandar
> Abbas or Bandar Imam Khomeini in Iran. It sailed on Oct. 14, docking
> at Dubai's Jabel Ali on Oct. 18, after which it wound its way through
> the Red Sea and the Suez Canal, reaching Damietta port Monday, Oct.
> 26. Our sources stress that the containers and their hidden arms
> freight stood on Egyptian docks for seven days until Nov. 1, when the
> German ship Francop collected it for delivery at Beirut.

> The Francop is known as a “feeder ship,” which circulates between
> regular ports of call beginning at Damietta, thence to Limassol in
> Cyprus and from there to Beirut, Lebanon, Port Latakia, Syria, and
> back. Neither the owners nor the crew knew about the concealed arms
> cargo, which was not recorded in the ship's documents carried from the
> port of departure. These documents were left behind by the Iranian
> Visea.

> DEBKAfile's counter-terrorism sources report pressing questions arise
> about Egypt's security procedures in the Suez Canal and its
> Mediterranean ports, when Iran has managed for months to run a sealift
> of arms from Iran to Syria and Hizballah, under the noses of Egyptian
> security and intelligence authorities.

> These sources ask what would have happened if one of the Iranian arms
> ships plying their waters with hundreds of tons of missiles, rockets,
> shells and explosives aboard were to blow up in the middle of the Suez
> Canal. This vital waterway would have been blocked for many weeks,
> triggering a fresh international financial crisis.

> As recently as October, when the German freighter Hansa India was
> discovered carrying Iranian arms and ammunition destined for Lebanon,
> the Berlin government ordered it to sail straight to Malta, after a
> tip-off from Israeli intelligence. There, the containers were unloaded
> and found to contain the Iranian arms.

> To disguise its vast traffic of illicit arms to Lebanon, Iran has
> taken to using commercial "feeder" vessels which are frequently seen
> on regular tours around the Mediterranean ports and arouse little
> attention. By this route, Hizballah has received thousands of tons of
> arms and ammunition in the last few months.

> Amazing, What they the mainstream press overlooks...eh

> i

> On Nov 4, 9:22 pm, freetree64 <freetre...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> >  Captured Iranian arms ship tip of the iceberg of vast weapons sealift
> > to Hizballah
> > DEBKAfile Exclusive Report

> > November 4, 2009, 11:03 PM (GMT+02:00)

> > Iranian weapons unloaded from Francop at Ashdod
> > DEBKAfile's military and intelligence sources report that a mammoth
> > arms train has been running to Hizballah for months via Egypt. They
> > identify the ship which offloaded the arms shipment at the Egyptian
> > port of Damietta, where it was picked up by the Francop as the Iranian
> > Visea, which is now on its way from the British port of Felixtowe to
> > Hamburg, Germany. An international operation is afoot to apprehend the
> > Iranian ship as of Wednesday, Nov. 4, when Israeli naval forces
> > commandeered the Francop with hundreds of tons of Iranian arms bound
> > for the Lebanese Hizballah near Cyprus. The arms were unloaded at the
> > Israeli naval base at Ashdod port.

> > The Visea was formerly called Iran Zanian. She is owned by the IRISL
> > corporation, Iran's national shippers.

> > The estimated 500 of tons of weapons aboard were concealed inside
> > sacks of polyethylene and loaded aboard the Visea either at Bandar
> > Abbas or Bandar Imam Khomeini in Iran. It sailed on Oct. 14, docking
> > at Dubai's Jabel Ali on Oct. 18, after which it wound its way through
> > the Red Sea and the Suez Canal, reaching Damietta port Monday, Oct.
> > 26. Our sources stress that the containers and their hidden arms
> > freight stood on Egyptian docks for seven days until Nov. 1, when the
> > German ship Francop collected it for delivery at Beirut.

> > The Francop is known as a “feeder ship,” which circulates between
> > regular ports of call beginning at Damietta, thence to Limassol in
> > Cyprus and from there to Beirut, Lebanon, Port Latakia, Syria, and
> > back. Neither the owners nor the crew knew about the concealed arms
> > cargo, which was not recorded in the ship's documents carried from the
> > port of departure. These documents were left behind by the Iranian
> > Visea.

> > DEBKAfile's counter-terrorism sources report pressing questions arise
> > about Egypt's security procedures in the Suez Canal and its
> > Mediterranean ports, when Iran has managed for months to run a sealift
> > of arms from Iran to Syria and Hizballah, under the noses of Egyptian
> > security and intelligence authorities.

> > These sources ask what would have happened if one of the Iranian arms
> > ships plying their waters with hundreds of tons of missiles, rockets,
> > shells and explosives aboard were to blow up in the middle of the Suez
> > Canal. This vital waterway would have been blocked for many weeks,
> > triggering a fresh international financial crisis.

> > As recently as October, when the German freighter Hansa India was
> > discovered carrying Iranian arms and ammunition destined for Lebanon,
> > the Berlin government ordered it to sail straight to Malta, after a
> > tip-off from Israeli intelligence. There, the containers were unloaded
> > and found to contain the Iranian arms.

> > To disguise its vast traffic of illicit arms to Lebanon, Iran has
> > taken to using commercial "feeder" vessels which are frequently seen
> > on regular tours around the Mediterranean ports and arouse little
> > attention. By this route, Hizballah has received thousands of tons of
> > arms and ammunition in the last few months.

> > Amazing, What they the mainstream press overlooks...eh

> > i- Hide quoted text -

> - Show quoted text -

> On Nov 4, 9:22 pm, freetree64 <freetre...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> >  Captured Iranian arms ship tip of the iceberg of vast weapons sealift
> > to Hizballah
> > DEBKAfile Exclusive Report

> > November 4, 2009, 11:03 PM (GMT+02:00)

> > Iranian weapons unloaded from Francop at Ashdod
> > DEBKAfile's military and intelligence sources report that a mammoth
> > arms train has been running to Hizballah for months via Egypt. They
> > identify the ship which offloaded the arms shipment at the Egyptian
> > port of Damietta, where it was picked up by the Francop as the Iranian
> > Visea, which is now on its way from the British port of Felixtowe to
> > Hamburg, Germany. An international operation is afoot to apprehend the
> > Iranian ship as of Wednesday, Nov. 4, when Israeli naval forces
> > commandeered the Francop with hundreds of tons of Iranian arms bound
> > for the Lebanese Hizballah near Cyprus. The arms were unloaded at the
> > Israeli naval base at Ashdod port.

> > The Visea was formerly called Iran Zanian. She is owned by the IRISL
> > corporation, Iran's national shippers.

> > The estimated 500 of tons of weapons aboard were concealed inside
> > sacks of polyethylene and loaded aboard the Visea either at Bandar
> > Abbas or Bandar Imam Khomeini in Iran. It sailed on Oct. 14, docking
> > at Dubai's Jabel Ali on Oct. 18, after which it wound its way through
> > the Red Sea and the Suez Canal, reaching Damietta port Monday, Oct.
> > 26. Our sources stress that the containers and their hidden arms
> > freight stood on Egyptian docks for seven days until Nov. 1, when the
> > German ship Francop collected it for delivery at Beirut.

> > The Francop is known as a “feeder ship,” which circulates between
> > regular ports of call beginning at Damietta, thence to Limassol in
> > Cyprus and from there to Beirut, Lebanon, Port Latakia, Syria, and
> > back. Neither the owners nor the crew knew about the concealed arms
> > cargo, which was not recorded in the ship's documents carried from the
> > port of departure. These documents were left behind by the Iranian
> > Visea.

> > DEBKAfile's counter-terrorism sources report pressing questions arise
> > about Egypt's security procedures in the Suez Canal and its
> > Mediterranean ports, when Iran has managed for months to run a sealift
> > of arms from Iran to Syria and Hizballah, under the noses of Egyptian
> > security and intelligence authorities.

> > These sources ask what would have happened if one of the Iranian arms
> > ships plying their waters with hundreds of tons of missiles, rockets,
> > shells and explosives aboard were to blow up in the middle of the Suez
> > Canal. This vital waterway would have been blocked for many weeks,
> > triggering a fresh international financial crisis.

> > As recently as October, when the German freighter Hansa India was
> > discovered carrying Iranian arms and ammunition destined for Lebanon,
> > the Berlin government ordered it to sail straight to Malta, after a
> > tip-off from Israeli intelligence. There, the containers were unloaded
> > and found to contain the Iranian arms.

> > To disguise its vast traffic of illicit arms to Lebanon, Iran has
> > taken to using commercial "feeder" vessels which are frequently seen
> > on regular tours around the Mediterranean ports and arouse little
> > attention. By this route, Hizballah has received thousands of tons of
> > arms and ammunition in the last few months.

> > Amazing, What they the mainstream press overlooks...eh

> > i- Hide quoted text -

> - Show quoted text -

> November 4, 2009, 11:03 PM (GMT+02:00)

> Iranian weapons unloaded from Francop at Ashdod
> DEBKAfile's military and intelligence sources report that a mammoth
> arms train has been running to Hizballah for months via Egypt. They
> identify the ship which offloaded the arms shipment at the Egyptian
> port of Damietta, where it was picked up by the Francop as the Iranian
> Visea, which is now on its way from the British port of Felixtowe to
> Hamburg, Germany. An international operation is afoot to apprehend the
> Iranian ship as of Wednesday, Nov. 4, when Israeli naval forces
> commandeered the Francop with hundreds of tons of Iranian arms bound
> for the Lebanese Hizballah near Cyprus. The arms were unloaded at the
> Israeli naval base at Ashdod port.

> The Visea was formerly called Iran Zanian. She is owned by the IRISL
> corporation, Iran's national shippers.

> The estimated 500 of tons of weapons aboard were concealed inside
> sacks of polyethylene and loaded aboard the Visea either at Bandar
> Abbas or Bandar Imam Khomeini in Iran. It sailed on Oct. 14, docking
> at Dubai's Jabel Ali on Oct. 18, after which it wound its way through
> the Red Sea and the Suez Canal, reaching Damietta port Monday, Oct.
> 26. Our sources stress that the containers and their hidden arms
> freight stood on Egyptian docks for seven days until Nov. 1, when the
> German ship Francop collected it for delivery at Beirut.

> The Francop is known as a “feeder ship,” which circulates between
> regular ports of call beginning at Damietta, thence to Limassol in
> Cyprus and from there to Beirut, Lebanon, Port Latakia, Syria, and
> back. Neither the owners nor the crew knew about the concealed arms
> cargo, which was not recorded in the ship's documents carried from the
> port of departure. These documents were left behind by the Iranian
> Visea.

> DEBKAfile's counter-terrorism sources report pressing questions arise
> about Egypt's security procedures in the Suez Canal and its
> Mediterranean ports, when Iran has managed for months to run a sealift
> of arms from Iran to Syria and Hizballah, under the noses of Egyptian
> security and intelligence authorities.

> These sources ask what would have happened if one of the Iranian arms
> ships plying their waters with hundreds of tons of missiles, rockets,
> shells and explosives aboard were to blow up in the middle of the Suez
> Canal. This vital waterway would have been blocked for many weeks,
> triggering a fresh international financial crisis.

> As recently as October, when the German freighter Hansa India was
> discovered carrying Iranian arms and ammunition destined for Lebanon,
> the Berlin government ordered it to sail straight to Malta, after a
> tip-off from Israeli intelligence. There, the containers were unloaded
> and found to contain the Iranian arms.

> To disguise its vast traffic of illicit arms to Lebanon, Iran has
> taken to using commercial "feeder" vessels which are frequently seen
> on regular tours around the Mediterranean ports and arouse little
> attention. By this route, Hizballah has received thousands of tons of
> arms and ammunition in the last few months.

> Amazing, What they the mainstream press overlooks...eh

> i

> On Nov 4, 6:22 pm, freetree64 <freetre...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> >  Captured Iranian arms ship tip of the iceberg of vast weapons sealift
> > to Hizballah
> > DEBKAfile Exclusive Report

> > November 4, 2009, 11:03 PM (GMT+02:00)

> > Iranian weapons unloaded from Francop at Ashdod
> > DEBKAfile's military and intelligence sources report that a mammoth
> > arms train has been running to Hizballah for months via Egypt. They
> > identify the ship which offloaded the arms shipment at the Egyptian
> > port of Damietta, where it was picked up by the Francop as the Iranian
> > Visea, which is now on its way from the British port of Felixtowe to
> > Hamburg, Germany. An international operation is afoot to apprehend the
> > Iranian ship as of Wednesday, Nov. 4, when Israeli naval forces
> > commandeered the Francop with hundreds of tons of Iranian arms bound
> > for the Lebanese Hizballah near Cyprus. The arms were unloaded at the
> > Israeli naval base at Ashdod port.

> > The Visea was formerly called Iran Zanian. She is owned by the IRISL
> > corporation, Iran's national shippers.

> > The estimated 500 of tons of weapons aboard were concealed inside
> > sacks of polyethylene and loaded aboard the Visea either at Bandar
> > Abbas or Bandar Imam Khomeini in Iran. It sailed on Oct. 14, docking
> > at Dubai's Jabel Ali on Oct. 18, after which it wound its way through
> > the Red Sea and the Suez Canal, reaching Damietta port Monday, Oct.
> > 26. Our sources stress that the containers and their hidden arms
> > freight stood on Egyptian docks for seven days until Nov. 1, when the
> > German ship Francop collected it for delivery at Beirut.

> > The Francop is known as a “feeder ship,” which circulates between
> > regular ports of call beginning at Damietta, thence to Limassol in
> > Cyprus and from there to Beirut, Lebanon, Port Latakia, Syria, and
> > back. Neither the owners nor the crew knew about the concealed arms
> > cargo, which was not recorded in the ship's documents carried from the
> > port of departure. These documents were left behind by the Iranian
> > Visea.

> > DEBKAfile's counter-terrorism sources report pressing questions arise
> > about Egypt's security procedures in the Suez Canal and its
> > Mediterranean ports, when Iran has managed for months to run a sealift
> > of arms from Iran to Syria and Hizballah, under the noses of Egyptian
> > security and intelligence authorities.

> > These sources ask what would have happened if one of the Iranian arms
> > ships plying their waters with hundreds of tons of missiles, rockets,
> > shells and explosives aboard were to blow up in the middle of the Suez
> > Canal. This vital waterway would have been blocked for many weeks,
> > triggering a fresh international financial crisis.

> > As recently as October, when the German freighter Hansa India was
> > discovered carrying Iranian arms and ammunition destined for Lebanon,
> > the Berlin government ordered it to sail straight to Malta, after a
> > tip-off from Israeli intelligence. There, the containers were unloaded
> > and found to contain the Iranian arms.

> > To disguise its vast traffic of illicit arms to Lebanon, Iran has
> > taken to using commercial "feeder" vessels which are frequently seen
> > on regular tours around the Mediterranean ports and arouse little
> > attention. By this route, Hizballah has received thousands of tons of
> > arms and ammunition in the last few months.

> > Amazing, What they the mainstream press overlooks...eh

> > i

> On Nov 5, 8:56 am, Therom <rommie.aka...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > Don't know if it is true or not or if it even matters, but you know
> > you got this from an Israel propaganda web site, right? You know that
> > you are being used as a tool to pass along propaganda right?

> > On Nov 4, 6:22 pm, freetree64 <freetre...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> > >  Captured Iranian arms ship tip of the iceberg of vast weapons sealift
> > > to Hizballah
> > > DEBKAfile Exclusive Report

> > > November 4, 2009, 11:03 PM (GMT+02:00)

> > > Iranian weapons unloaded from Francop at Ashdod
> > > DEBKAfile's military and intelligence sources report that a mammoth
> > > arms train has been running to Hizballah for months via Egypt. They
> > > identify the ship which offloaded the arms shipment at the Egyptian
> > > port of Damietta, where it was picked up by the Francop as the Iranian
> > > Visea, which is now on its way from the British port of Felixtowe to
> > > Hamburg, Germany. An international operation is afoot to apprehend the
> > > Iranian ship as of Wednesday, Nov. 4, when Israeli naval forces
> > > commandeered the Francop with hundreds of tons of Iranian arms bound
> > > for the Lebanese Hizballah near Cyprus. The arms were unloaded at the
> > > Israeli naval base at Ashdod port.

> > > The Visea was formerly called Iran Zanian. She is owned by the IRISL
> > > corporation, Iran's national shippers.

> > > The estimated 500 of tons of weapons aboard were concealed inside
> > > sacks of polyethylene and loaded aboard the Visea either at Bandar
> > > Abbas or Bandar Imam Khomeini in Iran. It sailed on Oct. 14, docking
> > > at Dubai's Jabel Ali on Oct. 18, after which it wound its way through
> > > the Red Sea and the Suez Canal, reaching Damietta port Monday, Oct.
> > > 26. Our sources stress that the containers and their hidden arms
> > > freight stood on Egyptian docks for seven days until Nov. 1, when the
> > > German ship Francop collected it for delivery at Beirut.

> > > The Francop is known as a “feeder ship,” which circulates between
> > > regular ports of call beginning at Damietta, thence to Limassol in
> > > Cyprus and from there to Beirut, Lebanon, Port Latakia, Syria, and
> > > back. Neither the owners nor the crew knew about the concealed arms
> > > cargo, which was not recorded in the ship's documents carried from the
> > > port of departure. These documents were left behind by the Iranian
> > > Visea.

> > > DEBKAfile's counter-terrorism sources report pressing questions arise
> > > about Egypt's security procedures in the Suez Canal and its
> > > Mediterranean ports, when Iran has managed for months to run a sealift
> > > of arms from Iran to Syria and Hizballah, under the noses of Egyptian
> > > security and intelligence authorities.

> > > These sources ask what would have happened if one of the Iranian arms
> > > ships plying their waters with hundreds of tons of missiles, rockets,
> > > shells and explosives aboard were to blow up in the middle of the Suez
> > > Canal. This vital waterway would have been blocked for many weeks,
> > > triggering a fresh international financial crisis.

> > > As recently as October, when the German freighter Hansa India was
> > > discovered carrying Iranian arms and ammunition destined for Lebanon,
> > > the Berlin government ordered it to sail straight to Malta, after a
> > > tip-off from Israeli intelligence. There, the containers were unloaded
> > > and found to contain the Iranian arms.

> > > To disguise its vast traffic of illicit arms to Lebanon, Iran has
> > > taken to using commercial "feeder" vessels which are frequently seen
> > > on regular tours around the Mediterranean ports and arouse little
> > > attention. By this route, Hizballah has received thousands of tons of
> > > arms and ammunition in the last few months.

> > > Amazing, What they the mainstream press overlooks...eh

> > > i

> On Nov 5, 6:09 am, fahrquad <fahrq...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > The connection between Iran and Hezbollah is well known, and the last
> > time I checked selling weapons was not a violation of International
> > law.  North Korea, China, and Iran sell nowhere near as many weapons
> > as France or the US.

> > On Nov 5, 8:56 am, Therom <rommie.aka...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > > Don't know if it is true or not or if it even matters, but you know
> > > you got this from an Israel propaganda web site, right? You know that
> > > you are being used as a tool to pass along propaganda right?

> > > On Nov 4, 6:22 pm, freetree64 <freetre...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> > > >  Captured Iranian arms ship tip of the iceberg of vast weapons sealift
> > > > to Hizballah
> > > > DEBKAfile Exclusive Report

> > > > November 4, 2009, 11:03 PM (GMT+02:00)

> > > > Iranian weapons unloaded from Francop at Ashdod
> > > > DEBKAfile's military and intelligence sources report that a mammoth
> > > > arms train has been running to Hizballah for months via Egypt. They
> > > > identify the ship which offloaded the arms shipment at the Egyptian
> > > > port of Damietta, where it was picked up by the Francop as the Iranian
> > > > Visea, which is now on its way from the British port of Felixtowe to
> > > > Hamburg, Germany. An international operation is afoot to apprehend the
> > > > Iranian ship as of Wednesday, Nov. 4, when Israeli naval forces
> > > > commandeered the Francop with hundreds of tons of Iranian arms bound
> > > > for the Lebanese Hizballah near Cyprus. The arms were unloaded at the
> > > > Israeli naval base at Ashdod port.

> > > > The Visea was formerly called Iran Zanian. She is owned by the IRISL
> > > > corporation, Iran's national shippers.

> > > > The estimated 500 of tons of weapons aboard were concealed inside
> > > > sacks of polyethylene and loaded aboard the Visea either at Bandar
> > > > Abbas or Bandar Imam Khomeini in Iran. It sailed on Oct. 14, docking
> > > > at Dubai's Jabel Ali on Oct. 18, after which it wound its way through
> > > > the Red Sea and the Suez Canal, reaching Damietta port Monday, Oct.
> > > > 26. Our sources stress that the containers and their hidden arms
> > > > freight stood on Egyptian docks for seven days until Nov. 1, when the
> > > > German ship Francop collected it for delivery at Beirut.

> > > > The Francop is known as a “feeder ship,” which circulates between
> > > > regular ports of call beginning at Damietta, thence to Limassol in
> > > > Cyprus and from there to Beirut, Lebanon, Port Latakia, Syria, and
> > > > back. Neither the owners nor the crew knew about the concealed arms
> > > > cargo, which was not recorded in the ship's documents carried from the
> > > > port of departure. These documents were left behind by the Iranian
> > > > Visea.

> > > > DEBKAfile's counter-terrorism sources report pressing questions arise
> > > > about Egypt's security procedures in the Suez Canal and its
> > > > Mediterranean ports, when Iran has managed for months to run a sealift
> > > > of arms from Iran to Syria and Hizballah, under the noses of Egyptian
> > > > security and intelligence authorities.

> > > > These sources ask what would have happened if one of the Iranian arms
> > > > ships plying their waters with hundreds of tons of missiles, rockets,
> > > > shells and explosives aboard were to blow up in the middle of the Suez
> > > > Canal. This vital waterway would have been blocked for many weeks,
> > > > triggering a fresh international financial crisis.

> > > > As recently as October, when the German freighter Hansa India was
> > > > discovered carrying Iranian arms and ammunition destined for Lebanon,
> > > > the Berlin government ordered it to sail straight to Malta, after a
> > > > tip-off from Israeli intelligence. There, the containers were unloaded
> > > > and found to contain the Iranian arms.

> > > > To disguise its vast traffic of illicit arms to Lebanon, Iran has
> > > > taken to using commercial "feeder" vessels which are frequently seen
> > > > on regular tours around the Mediterranean ports and arouse little
> > > > attention. By this route, Hizballah has received thousands of tons of
> > > > arms and ammunition in the last few months.

> > > > Amazing, What they the mainstream press overlooks...eh

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> - Show quoted text -