Two Israeli warships cross Suez Canal, Message to Iran
source: http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE56D46D20090714?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews
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ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) - Two Israeli warships passed through Egypt's Suez Canal on Tuesday heading to the Red Sea on a mission to stop arms smuggling to Palestinian-ruled Gaza, sources said.
A Suez Canal Authority source named the warships as the Eilat and Hanit and said the Hanit had passed through the canal twice in June.
"This is part of an Israeli effort to stop arms smuggling to Gaza," a security source, who declined to be identified by name or nationality, told Reuters.
Israel declined to comment.
The Israeli submarine crossed the canal in June as part of a naval drill which Israeli defense sources described as a show of strategic reach in the face of a perceived threat from Iran.
Israel, like many Western nations, accuses Iran of seeking to build nuclear bombs, a charge Tehran denies. Israel is the only Middle East state believed to possess nuclear weapons.
A Suez Canal Authority source named the warships as the Eilat and Hanit and said the Hanit had passed through the canal twice in June.
"This is part of an Israeli effort to stop arms smuggling to Gaza," a security source, who declined to be identified by name or nationality, told Reuters.
Israel declined to comment.
The Israeli submarine crossed the canal in June as part of a naval drill which Israeli defense sources described as a show of strategic reach in the face of a perceived threat from Iran.
Israel, like many Western nations, accuses Iran of seeking to build nuclear bombs, a charge Tehran denies. Israel is the only Middle East state believed to possess nuclear weapons.
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eden49
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And so it escalates...frightening...
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eden49
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MotherForTruth
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One hand washes the other with our children's lives.
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MotherForTruth
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bansheewail
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I hope they don't pick a fight that we will have to finish for them.
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bansheewail
