Thursday, December 3, 2009

Iran Is Defying The UN's Weapons Ban

Arms Smuggling Heightens Iran Fears -- Washington Post

Tehran may be building arsenal, helping militias.

SHARJAH, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -- The warning came almost too late. The freighter ANL Australia had already fired its engines for a 70-mile dash to Iran when customs agents here were alerted to a possible hidden cache of weapons on board.

Inspectors from the United Arab Emirates quickly swarmed the ship and uncovered a truck-size container packed with small arms made in North Korea. Concealed deeper in the ship was the real find: hundreds of crates containing military hardware and a grayish, foul-smelling powder, explosive components for thousands of short-range rockets.

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More News On Iran

Busted Iranian Arms Agent Tells of Iran War Preparations -- ABC News
Cat-and-mouse game traps arms broker -- Washington Post
Iranian arms merchant says 'war is coming' -- Philadelphia Inquirer
Iran deadline still year-end - White House -- Reuters
Other rumbles in the Iran nuclear storm -- Reuters
Defiant Iran vows to enrich uranium even more -- AP
Iran Raises Tensions on Sailors, Sanctions -- Wall Street Journal
British Sailors Released by Iran to Return to Families -- FOX News/SKY News
Russia has no evidence of Iran nuclear bomb-Putin -- Reuters
Putin: 'No information on Iran's work on nuclear weapons' -- RIA Novosti

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