Iranian Navy Ships16.02.11 By Barak Ravid
Israël's foreign minister Lieberman criticizes the international community for not dealing with 'recurring Iranian provocations'; Iran has been accused of supplying weapons to Syria and Hezbollah.
Two Iranian warships planned to sail through the Suez Canal en route to Syria on Wednesday, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said, calling the move the latest "provocation" by Tehran and hinting at an Israeli response.
"Tonight, two Iranian warships are meant to pass through the Suez Canal to the Mediterranean Sea and reach Syria, something that has not happened in many years," Lieberman said in a Jerusalem speech distributed by his office.
The remarks suggest that the ships are able to pass through the Egypt-controlled Suez Canal, now that the government of former Prime Minister Hosni Mubarak has been overturned.
"To my regret, the international community is not showing readiness to deal with the recurring Iranian provocations. The international community must understand that Israel cannot forever ignore these provocations," the foreign minister said.
Israel has accused Syria and Iran in the past of paying for and smuggling weapons to the Lebanese Shi'ite group, Hezbollah, which fought a war with Israel in 2006
These accusations have been validated in the past, such as in 2009, when United States soldiers stationed in the Gulf of Suez discovered containers of ammunition aboard a German-owned cargo ship allegedly transporting the arms from Iran to Syria. The discovery was reported by the German daily newspaper Der Spiegel.
The ammunition, which comprised 7.62 millimeter bullets suitable for Kalashnikov rifles, was believed to have been intended for either the Syrian army or Hezbollah.
Avigdor Lieberman
Source: Haaretz
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Slaap kerkje slaap, terwijl Iran z'n kernbom maakt!
Sleep Church sleep, while Iran makes its nuclear-bomb!
