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'Iran arms ship bound for Gaza downed near Sudan'
By Haaretz Service
Tags: israel news, iran, gaza strip 

An Iranian vessel laden with weapons bound for the Gaza Strip was torpedoed off the coast of Sudan last week, allegedly by Israeli or American forces operating in the area, the Egyptian newspaper El-Aosboa reported on Sunday.

Anonymous sources in Khartoum told the newspaper that an unidentified warship bombed the Iranian vessel as it prepared to dock on Sudan before transferring its load for shipment to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.

These sources said they suspects U.S. or Israeli involvement in the attack, but neither Washington nor Jerusalem have released a statement yet on the matter.
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The Israel Air Force, meanwhile, is suspected of attacking a convoy of Iranian arms that passed through Sudan en route to Gaza in January, according to reports released in March.

American officials confirmed the IAF involvement in that attack, The New York Times later reported, abd said they had received intelligence reports that an Iranian Revolutionary Guards operative had gone to Sudan to help organize the weapons convoy said the report.

Israel has neither denied nor confirmed involvement in that incident.

In February, Cypriot authorities detained an Iranian arms ship en route Iranian arms ship en route to Syria, apparently upon request of the U.S. and Israel.

A search of the ship, which was sailing from Iran to the Syrian port of Latakia, found ammunition for T-72 tanks, used by the Syrian army, as well as various types of mortar shells, said a senior Israeli official.

The United States has claimed that the ship was carrying weapons from Iran to Hamas or the Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah.

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      1.   Khol hakavod to whom ever did it. 19:35  |  Wise Saba 26/04/09
      2.   excellent news 19:36  |  michael 26/04/09
      3.   Great news 20:06  |  Levi 26/04/09
      4.   Ahmedinejad you dumbass... 20:14  |  Thabo 26/04/09
      5.   Wonder how much that cost the Iranian people? 20:23  |  Lynn 26/04/09
      6.   This Has Got To Be A Hoax 20:24  |  Jeff Northridge 26/04/09
      7.   If victory would be so easy 20:42  |  fritz t. 26/04/09
      8.   If true it seems that the somali pirates are not the only rogues 20:54  |  jens 26/04/09
      9.   Hoax or not, good news 21:04  |  Israeli citizen 26/04/09
      10.   # 7 jens....must have been a Danish warship 21:34  |  Lynn 26/04/09
      11.   to fitz and jens 21:36  |  theviper 26/04/09
      12.   no. 8 Israeli citizen 21:38  |  steve 26/04/09
      13.   Jens, one of Stalin`s useful idiots 21:39  |  Stephen in New York 26/04/09
      14.   I thought that Iranians only send medicien and food supplies 21:40  |  Dan 26/04/09
      15.   Easy they were talking Hinglish, obviously Israeli-American 21:55  |  x-ray 26/04/09
      16.   Several things about this story don`t make sense... 22:11  |  Isadora 26/04/09
      17.   Waydago Israel or U.S. 22:35  |  Conroy 26/04/09
      18.   A Love Affair with Evil 23:15  |  george 26/04/09
      19.   #13 Jens is a already a rabid islamist under a false name 23:21  |  Lie detector 26/04/09
      20.   Chilem 23:28  |  Asshiole detector 26/04/09
      21.   How deep was the water they sank it in? 23:32  |  Noam D. Blume 26/04/09
      22.   Another Zionist myth 23:49  |  Mad Iranian 26/04/09
      23.   Isadora # 17 A Lot Of Things Don`t Make Sense 23:55  |  Jeff Northridge 26/04/09
      24.   so jews didnt want nazism to end? 23:58  |  chilem 26/04/09
      25.   chilem...Ha!Ha!Ha! 00:56  |  Aish 27/04/09
      26.   Isadora, neh, never mind 01:09  |  Emanuel 27/04/09
      27.   Isadora you make even less sense 01:10  |  Peter Williams 27/04/09
      28.   Funny all these congrats 01:43  |  sh 27/04/09
      29.   Now the Iranians are going to be very angry! 01:51  |  Murray of Montreal 27/04/09
      30.   Say that again? 01:54  |  Johnboy 27/04/09
      31.   #15 Chilem from Texas 01:56  |  Murray of Montreal 27/04/09
      32.   Isadora - Good Points 01:56  |  Mickle 27/04/09
      33.   BOBE MAISES 02:06  |  AVI 27/04/09
      34.   Keep It Up! 02:18  |  Bill Foonman 27/04/09
      35.   Re: Isadora you make even less sense 02:57  |  To Peter Williams 27/04/09
      36.   Sudan Evidence 03:27  |  Angela 27/04/09
      37.   #17 Isadora, Your questions from Chelm Brain 03:35  |  Israeli observer 27/04/09
      38.   World War 3? 04:37  |  Jake 27/04/09
      39.   make a big international prison 04:45  |  for Iran and Gaza 27/04/09
      40.   Is this for real? 04:48  |  David 27/04/09
      41.   US arms shipment to israel bombed..... 05:53  |  ricki bobbi 27/04/09
      42.   I see Israeli Ships Sinking Mystriously 06:13  |  Amjad 27/04/09
      43.   It definately was not the US 06:38  |  leoblue 27/04/09
      44.   sinking ship 06:50  |  robt wilson 27/04/09
      45.   Ships being "mysterously" torpedoed? 06:52  |  Johnboy 27/04/09
      46.   Sh, will Iran stop aid to its proxy armies if peace comes? 08:38  |  Tzfonit 27/04/09
      47.   #36 Don`t they teach history at Ben Ami High School? 10:14  |  Johnboy 27/04/09
      48.   #36 The risk of peace 10:23  |  Outsider 27/04/09
      49.   Real Action 11:11  |  Non-Arab Saudi 27/04/09
      50.   No wonder Ahmadinejad has been so testy lately 11:47  |  Peter Williams 27/04/09
      51.   Tzfonit, your scenario 13:09  |  sh 27/04/09
      52.   Phew! 13:39  |  Peter 27/04/09
      53.   USS Liberty attacked by Israel Jets gun ships 14:41  |  George 27/04/09
      54.   To Israeli observer AND TO EVERYONE..JUST ACCEPT IT.. 15:26  |  Kathy 27/04/09
      55.   a pile of steaming hot bull 17:26  |  JBT 27/04/09
      56.   what?!?! 17:39  |  paul bass 27/04/09
      57.   #54 You know the funny thing, Kathy? 17:48  |  Johnboy 27/04/09
      58.   To #34 Bill Foonman..Some people here don`t realise about secrets 18:01  |  Kathy 27/04/09
      59.   Answer to #57 18:07  |  Col [Res] Cohen 27/04/09
      60.   Planes are downed, ships are sunk. 19:13  |  Erastus CoupeDeVille 27/04/09
      61.   Oh Johnboy Reading this one really made me laugh. 01:50  |  Whiskey 28/04/09
      62.   To Jonhboy #57 From yesterday.. 14:21  |  Kathy 28/04/09
      63.   Sounds Like a BS Story 20:23  |  Butch Giusto 28/04/09
      64.   Iran ship torpedoed 07:10  |  Archie1954 03/05/09
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