Israel Displays Huge Weapons Cache from Captured Ship

Nov 5th, 2009 - VOA News

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Israel Displays Huge Weapons Cache from Captured Ship

Israel is displaying a vast array of what it says are Iranian weapons from a ship captured on the high seas.

Israel has invited foreign diplomats to view the booty from a ship seized by Israeli commandos in a daring raid Wednesday near Cyprus. Officials say hundreds of tons of Iranian arms, including rockets, missiles, mortars, grenades and anti-tank weapons, were headed to the Islamic guerrilla group Hezbollah in Lebanon. Hezbollah denies the charge.

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