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To: lorne who wrote (16686)	8/29/2002 10:37:14 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Respond to of 23908

ISRAEL HARBOURS AL-QAEDA FUGITIVES!! GERMAN POLICE BUSTS ISRAEL-IRAN CONNECTION: Israeli arms to Iran inquiry August 29, 2002 Posted: 8:17 AM EDT (1217 GMT) JERUSALEM -- A private ship has been impounded in Germany suspected of carrying Israeli arms equipment from Israel to Iran. The Israeli Defense Ministry says the cargo, which breaks an Israeli ban on military exports to Iran, included Israeli-made treads for armoured personnel carriers. Israeli permission to export the items had been granted based on a declaration that its final destination was Thailand, but German officials said they were meant for Iran, the statement said. Hamburg shipping authorities said a ship by the name of Zim Antwerp I, sailing for an Israeli shipping company under a Panamanian flag, was in the city's harbour at an inaccessible terminal. It was unclear if the ship was the one in question. Eyewitnesses described the ship anchored at the harbour with a police car alongside. The Israeli statement said: "The Defense Ministry forbids sale of military equipment, spare parts and weapons of any kind to Iran," adding that it was turning the matter over to Israel's police. Customs officials said the two containers would be sent back to Israel as German law forbids the export of military equipment to Iran. In Tehran, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi denied that Iran was the destination, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported. "The Islamic Republic of Iran has no sort of relationship with the Zionist regime and such propaganda suggests that Israel considers the world's public to be naive," the news agency quoted Asefi as saying. Israel TV reported that the shipment was sent by a firm called Piad, headed by Avichai Weinstein. [snip] cnn.com