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Cyprus unloads weapons arsenal from Iran ship allegedly running arms to Hamas
By The Associated Press
Tags: cyprus, iran, israel news 

Cypriot authorities have started unloading an Iranian ship detained off its coast for allegedly attempting to smuggle weapons to Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

Cyprus has accused Iran of breaching a United Nations ban on its arms exports. A government statement said Friday the cargo, which it did not identify, would be stored on the island. State CyBC radio said containers are being transported to a naval base under police and military guard.

The Cypriot-flagged Monchegorsk has anchored off the port of Limassol since it arrived January 29 under suspicion from U.S. officials of ferrying weapons from Iran to Hamas fighters in Gaza.
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The U.S. military said it found artillery shells and other arms aboard the ship after stopping it last month in the Red Sea. Iran denies the ship contains weapons.

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      1.   Artillery shells and other arms found aboard 16:27  |  Ben 13/02/09
      2.   One problem with the propaganda Hamans has no artillery 16:29  |  Petteri 13/02/09
      3.   What hypocrisy 18:47  |  Marilyn 13/02/09
      4.   #1 Marilyn 00:00  |  Marc 14/02/09
      5.   Marilyn: You Mislead 01:08  |  Brad 14/02/09
      6.   What hypocrisy?? 01:24  |  Puregoldj 14/02/09
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      8.   #3 What ignorance! 05:33  |  *BEN JABO 14/02/09
      9.   Officials in Cyprus say they have found no weapons onboard 00:57  |  Pedro 15/02/09
      10.   #9 Pedor - How about the weapons "COMPONENTS" 04:03  |  *BEN JABO 15/02/09
      11.   #2 Pelleteri - Read my #8 for facts 04:05  |  *BEN JABO 15/02/09
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