The article pointed out:
""Hidden among the dozens of other containers on board, and disguised as civilian goods, the ship contained a consignment of 36 shipping containers with 500 tones of arms en route via Syria to the Hezbollah terrorist organisation in Lebanon," the army and foreign ministry said in a statement.
""A total of about 9,000 mortar bombs of different types were seized, along with about 3,000 Katyusha artillery rockets, 3,000 recoilless gun shells, 20,000 grenades and over half a million rounds of small arms ammunition," the statement said.
"It was accompanied by photos showing the ship's manifest, containers bearing the logo of the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines and cargo with Iranian armed forces customs labels.
"Among the weapons seized were 2,124 Iranian-made 107mm artillery rockets and thousands of AZ111-A2 fuses manufactured only in Iran, the statement said."
It is very obvious that Iran, in its quest to be 'the major player' in the Middle East, and its quest to destroy Israel in the process, is doing anything it can to create chaos in the region. It is understood that the weapons were headed to Hezbollah so that another round of fighting between Israel and its neighbors can begin.
The part of this that is so frustrating to me is that Iran is pulling the strings to create more conflict in the Middle East while they themselves are risking nothing in that conflict. Although Iran is pulling the strings in Syria, Lebanon, and some of the territories the Israelis have given to the Arabs, there are other countries in the region who are opposed to the path Iran is taking. Until Iran is dealt with--not only in terms of stopping its nuclear program, but in terms of fomenting unrest in the region--there will not be peace in the Middle East.
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