Israel’s high-profile capture of an arms ship in the Red Sea earlier this month was painted by their government as an “Iranian ship bound for Gaza.” The Iranian nature of the ship remains entirely unproven, and now the Gaza part seems untrue as well.
US officials, as well as officials from other “non-Israeli regional sources,” say the ship was actually bound for Egypt, and intended to transfer weapons to the Sinai Peninsula.
Rebels in the Sinai Peninsula, including al-Qaeda-linked Salafist factions, have been fighting the Egyptian military to a standstill since an offensive that began after last summer’s coup d’etat, and those rebels seemed to be the ones eager to get the arms therein.
Israel is said to have been reluctant to point that out publicly because it would embarrass the Egyptian military junta, which they have gotten extremely cozy with. That’s not the only problem, though.
Weapons bound for al-Qaeda-linked fighters in north Egypt are almost certainly not coming out of Iran, and the admission that the ship wasn’t headed to Gaza will inevitably cause people to reexamine the lack of evidence of Iranian involvement. The Israeli ‘evidence’ began and ended with a few bags of cement on the ship, with the words “made in Iran” printed on them in English.
As usual, the propagandists don't seem to be able to get their heads wrapped around the fact that while Sunni and Shia are both 'muslims', they get along and help each other about as much as the Catholics and Protestants in Ireland have in the last century.
Repeat after me. Shia Iran is not going to send weapons to Sunni Al-Qaeda types, when the Sunni types are at the same time trying to spark a region-wide war against the Shias. Ok, now repeat that again.
If you're confused, just picture the likelihood that the Republic of Ireland might be sending weapons to Ulster Protestant paramilitaries just because they are both 'Christian'. That's about as likely as believing that Iran is sending weapons to Al-Qaeda.
They obviously have Iran confused with Kerry, Obama, the USA and their Saudi BFFs, which nowadays seems to be bending over backwards to make sure the Al-Qaeda types have all the weapons they want.
The Sunni and the Shia may hate each other, but they are both Israel's enemy. It doesn't really make much difference where the ship was going from Israel's point of view.
Of course Israel would write 'made in Iran' on bags of cement. After all, the Israelis are the only people in the world convinced that giving someone bags of cement is a death penalty offense.
At least Israeli intel rejected Natanyahoooooooo's suggestion that they use his wonderful drawings of the Iranian bomb to frame Iran. I guess Israeli intelligence knows that whenever one of those Boris and Natasha type bombs appears, somehow a bull moose and a squirrel always arrive to save the day.
Hey Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!!
That's a strange place to wear your hat, Bullwinkle!
Just for the record, Israel doesn't have a death penalty. And Iran needs no framing, as they are also on the record as being ready and willing to destroy Israel.
You are a liar. When and where has Iran ever stated that Israel should be destroyed. And don't give us the crap being dished out by the Israeli government in which they have, on purpose, twisted the translation of Ahmadinejad who was quoting what Khomeini had said. No where did either of them say that Israel should be destroyed.
The Zionist go to great lengths to cause disruptions worldwide.
Forget the cement bags, Bibi– everyone knows it's the Teheran aluminum siding sector that's gunning for you! Think about it, . . . have you ever seen pictures of a house in Iran with aluminum siding? There is something going on there, you had better believe it.
In the words of the great overrated cackler, "what difference does it make"? Either way, it was headed for Israel's enemies, and they were right to intercept it.
I wonder what the odds are that the "shipment" was bought and paid for by Israelis. The trick is to watch what the other hand is doing.
It is amazing how they can just make disappear. One minute they are talking about the master spy operation watching every detail of the manufacturing of the huge rockets on the way to the terrorist in Gaza. They against international law attack and capture the ship just like the pirates. Come to think about it they are just another pirate operation. If anyone post questions about facts like why would they manufacture in Syria then over land go the Iran then sail around Arabia they were called names by the apparent paid AIPAC posters. I suspected something was up when the ship arrived and they could only display a pick up truck load of stuff they claimed was a threat to nuclear Israeal
Even if it was from Iran and was going to Palestine, so what? Palestinians have every right to resist the ethnic cleansing and annexation of their country, and illegal military dictatorship, mass torture, mass murder, and apartheid imposed on them by Israel and the USA.
The "Palestinians" have never had a country, so that's one lie in your comment. Israel hasn't done any mass murdering, torturing or imposed apartheid either, for that matter.
How about just telling the truth for once. The Arabs are blood-thirsty murderers.
Oh my God. Do you imply that Israel may have lied to us……? Why would a 'friend" do that to it's total benefactor? I guess I would rather not sacrifice our infrastructure, education, cities, and the lives of our children to support these "friends".
I think all you guys are missing the core point. When this story made headline news it was reported that even the USG confirmed that this shipment was tracked all the way through by both the Israeli's as well as the US government. I wonder what does our government have to say about it now.