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Israel Intercepts Iran Arms Ship Bound for Lebanon
Appeasement invites aggression.
The fruits of Obama's engagement (appeasement) of and attempts to align with Islamist Iran and Islamism in general are evident every day in more and more ways.
Bllomberg reports:
The Israeli navy intercepted a ship heading for Syria and seized an unprecedented 500-ton haul of weapons from Iran intended for the Shiite Muslim Hezbollah militia in Lebanon, the army said.
“This is the largest cache of smuggled weapons ever to be seized by Israel,” army spokeswoman Avital Leibovitz said in a phone interview today. “The cache includes thousands of rockets as well as hand grenades and mortar shells.”
Israel seized the ship 100 miles (160 kilometers) off its Mediterranean coast and discovered 40 containers carrying the weapons, Leibovitz said. The vessel was flying the flag of Antigua and was stopped late yesterday due to “suspicions” about the vessel, she added.
The seizure reflected “a well-known Iranian technique, taking advantage of cargo ships flying different flags in order to smuggle containers loaded with large amounts of highly volatile weaponry to terrorist organizations such as Hezbollah,” the army said in a statement. Israeli officials have accused Iran and Syria previously of supplying weapons to Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Islamic Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip.
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Notice the use of cargo ships flying flags of convenience. Not for nothing have Iran and North Korea test-fired ballistic missiles from cargo ships. The partners in nuclear crime (aided, possibly, by Venezuela) are developing an offensive nuclear capability, against which, there is no defense.
Symbolic Islamist Victory: Italy Convicts CIA Agents
A symbolic victory for the forces of Islamism--click here for the story.
China Considering Super Sovereign Wealth Fund
Mao's vision ... of China as the leader of the Third World ... is being revamped and revived. Instead of exporting revolution, China is being urged to export capital, mountains of cash, to raise up developing nations.
The long view is that China's symbiotic relationship with the United States is transitory. The rising giant's relationship with the Third World is what matters most.
Click here to read a fascinating, timely essay.
POSTSCRIPT: At the rate the U.S. is going, it will become a Third World country ... and qualify for Chinese assistance.
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