Remember: Germany Intercepts Israeli Arms bound for Iran
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August 29, 2002
Germany intercepts Israeli arms bound for Iran
by AP in Berlin
German authorities today returned to Israel a consigment of Israeli-manufactured military equipment that they insist was bound for Iran.
The cargo of tank tracks and treads were found on board an Israeli vessel earlier this month by German customs officers after they discovered the equipment was being secretly shipped to Iran.
The Israeli goverment had authorised a private Israeli company to ship the equipment to Thailand and not Iran. Both Germany and Israel prohbits the sale of arms to Iran.
The Hamburg authorities today announced that it was returning the cargo to Israel where a police investigation will be launched into the circumstances surrounding the shipment.
The Israeli Defence Ministry has confirmed that the shipment by a private Israeli company - named on Israel TV as Piad and headed by Aviel Weinstein - was being held in Germany.
In a statement it confirmed that the treads were Israeli-made and that the firm received permission from the Israeli authoirities on the basis that the cargo's final destination was Thailand - not Iran.
The statement said: "The Defence Ministry forbids sale of military equipment, spare parts and weapons of any kind to Iran," adding that it was turning the matter over to Israeli police.
In the past, Israeli arms merchants have been sentenced to prison terms for selling military equipment to Iran, but in the 1980s, the Israeli government was involved in a complicated deal involving the United States, Nicaragua and Iran that eventually became known as "Irangate."
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,1-398110,00.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,1-398110,00.html
August 29, 2002
Germany intercepts Israeli arms bound for Iran
by AP in Berlin
German authorities today returned to Israel a consigment of Israeli-manufactured military equipment that they insist was bound for Iran.
The cargo of tank tracks and treads were found on board an Israeli vessel earlier this month by German customs officers after they discovered the equipment was being secretly shipped to Iran.
The Israeli goverment had authorised a private Israeli company to ship the equipment to Thailand and not Iran. Both Germany and Israel prohbits the sale of arms to Iran.
The Hamburg authorities today announced that it was returning the cargo to Israel where a police investigation will be launched into the circumstances surrounding the shipment.
The Israeli Defence Ministry has confirmed that the shipment by a private Israeli company - named on Israel TV as Piad and headed by Aviel Weinstein - was being held in Germany.
In a statement it confirmed that the treads were Israeli-made and that the firm received permission from the Israeli authoirities on the basis that the cargo's final destination was Thailand - not Iran.
The statement said: "The Defence Ministry forbids sale of military equipment, spare parts and weapons of any kind to Iran," adding that it was turning the matter over to Israeli police.
In the past, Israeli arms merchants have been sentenced to prison terms for selling military equipment to Iran, but in the 1980s, the Israeli government was involved in a complicated deal involving the United States, Nicaragua and Iran that eventually became known as "Irangate."
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,1-398110,00.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,1-398110,00.html
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