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Were rockets on Iran weapons ship destined for Egypt and not Gaza?
Reuters
Published: 26.03.14, 00:10
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1. destination
kapriza ,   tsafon   (03.26.14)
Um, does it really make a difference which terrorist murderers were supposed to receive this gift?
2. Muslims should not be allowed to have weapons,
k ,   US   (03.26.14)
so who cares where it is going
3. like it matters
alsky ,   toronto   (03.26.14)
4. Gaza or Sinai, rockets would have been used against Israel
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (03.26.14)
5. Israeli 2 says there was no doubt
Israeli 2   (03.26.14)
and there is no doubt. Destination Hamas, Hezbollah or whatever other crappy name they have was bound to them to destroy Israel.
6. U.S.Intellegence Svc. Is An Oxymoron
Dan ,   USA   (03.26.14)
7. #1 why it matters
(03.26.14)
If these rockets were for insurgents in Sinai, they would probably have been used to kill Egyptians. But instead of being grateful, the Egyptians keep supporting PLO against Israel.
8. Can't be . . .
Mike ,   NZ   (03.26.14)
US intelligence intellegent ! Really ?
9. Trying to save face
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (03.26.14)
"A US official and two non-Israeli regional sources said Israel appeared to be insisting on the Gaza destination in order to spare the military-backed interim Egyptian administration embarrassment as it struggles to impose order in the Sinai." United States and non-Israeli intelligence officials cannot, for the most part, find their nether orifices with two hands and a flashlight. The fact that no intelligence services had a clue about the KLOS-C and its lethal and illegal cargo EXCEPT for Israel. Keep in mind that in the immediate aftermath of the vessel's capture by Israeli forces, the White House issued a statement claiming that it had "worked closely" with Israel in tracking the vessel throughout its long voyage. This is simply not true. The United States was trying to make political hay then, and it is trying to embarrass Israel now. Well, no one's fooled. The United States and every European intelligence agency dropped the ball on this one. Arab and other Middle Eastern intelligence agencies were either in cahoots with the Iranians or happy to see them arm Gaza. And no amount of scrambling to save face changes the truth. You can expect Israel to continue not to share intelligence or telegraph its intent until after the fact. No more free rides for the inept. Israel will continue to embarrass them all. The more Israel is bullied by Obama and Co., the more the U.S. administration will really, really be humiliated. No depths too low to plumb for this failed American president and his ignorant lackeys.
10. 4 not mine.
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (03.26.14)
11. no. 10 - no doubt not yours. That post is sane and realistic
(03.26.14)
12. Who really knows.....
Susan ,   USA   (03.26.14)
....except to say this whitewash (aka raising doubt) is just another attempt by the powers that be and those who prop them up, to make dreadful realities, squeaky clean. We have no friends. Truth is the 'new lie' and lies are what perpetuate the obsession, after all. Even when our 'good friend' President George W. Bush was asked the question about the status of Jerusalem he responded by simply calling it "one of the most difficult challenges on the road to peace." Believe me when he axed the Jerusalem Act, 6 times he was not thinking of the Jewish State and her people (singled out as the only country on earth without an embassy in her Capital) but where to get more quarters for the washing machine. And so it goes. I for one however will throw my quarter on Israeli inelegance...and if you were to give truth serum to heads of state, they would agree. They would agree because they know. (We're just not worth it as a people for anyone but ourselves to say it out loud!)
13. to #7
kapriza ,   tsafon   (03.26.14)
Like I said, does it really matter? Either scenario is not acceptable.
14. Smuggling weapons in to Gaza impossible RIGHT ???
M.S. ,   mpls america   (03.27.14)
I realize smuggling weapons past Israel is no easy task they learned from the British how to detect smuggling after all in 1923 33 it was the Jews trying to do the smuggling ironic they are now doing what the British tryed to do before 1948 with more success may be but still such is life the major powers control every thing Israel the Jews do their bidding independence in 1948 hardly more like Mice training than independence doing for the British like good well trained Mice what they can no not do for them selfs RIGHT ??? Thank You... M.S.
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