Nov 4th, 2009 - StarTribune
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JERUSALEM - Open crates from a cargo ship seized Wednesday by Israel revealed dark green missiles inside. Containers from the vessel bore writing in English that said "I.R. Iranian Shipping Lines Group."
Israel alleged that the shipment of hundreds of tons of rockets, missiles, mortars, grenades and anti-tank weapons — the largest it ever seized — was headed for Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon.
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Nov 5th, 2009 - The Seattle Times
JERUSALEM - Israel's navy seized a cargo ship Wednesday, intercepting what officials described as 300 tons of weapons being smuggled from Iran to Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas...Israel says its navy intercepted 300 tons of weapons headed for Hezbollah
Nov 4th, 2009 - Los Angeles Times
Reporting from Jerusalem - Israel's navy seized a cargo ship today and said it intercepted at least 300 tons of weapons being smuggled from Iran to Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas.
Israeli Navy Captures Arms Ship
Nov 4th, 2009 - Wall Street Journal
ASHDOD, Israel -- Israeli officials said Wednesday that naval commandos seized a cargo ship carrying about 500 tons of weapons bound for Hezbollah 100 miles off Israel's Mediterranean coast.
Commandos boarded the Antiguan-flagged ship...Military: Israel navy captures arms ship 100 miles off Israel's coast
Nov 4th, 2009 - San Francisco Examiner
JERUSALEM — Israeli naval commandos seized an arms ship Wednesday near Cyprus that was carrying missiles and anti-tank weapons from Iran to Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon...
Military: Israel navy captures arms ship
Nov 4th, 2009 - Boston
JERUSALEM—Israeli naval commandos seized an arms ship near Cyprus early Wednesday and towed it to an Israeli port, defense officials said -- a rare interception that highlighted Israel's fears that Iran is arming its enemies.
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