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Israel Fears Hizbullah Might Receive Iranian Arms Via Beirut Port

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Monday, 14 April 2008

Israel is concerned that Iran might start transporting arms to Hizbullah through ships that anchor at the port of Beirut, the Israeli Haaretz daily quoted government sources in Jerusalem as saying. The sources said patrol by U.N. navy vessels off Lebanon's coast wasn't enough to enforce a U.N.-brokered truce that ended the summer 2006 war between Israel and Hizbullah. U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701 gives U.N. peacekeepers the mandate to intercept arms shipments to Hizbullah. A government source told the daily that a year ago Israel informed Germany, which at that time commanded UNIFIL's naval force, that it suspected Iran would transfer weapons to Hizbullah by sea. The source said that Germany vowed to increase its supervision. "The problem is that UNIFIL's checks are not strict enough and are simply not serious," the source told the newspaper. "We are afraid that many ships registered in the port as carrying certain cargo are in fact carrying cargo of a totally different kind," the source added.

 

 

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