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Photos: Captured Ship Had Huge Number of Arms for Hizballah 
by Israel Today   
November 6th, 2009
Israel commandos on Tuesday night stormed and commandeered a German-owned  cargo ship off the coast of Cyprus after learning that it was carrying weapons  to the Hizballah terrorist militia in Lebanon.
It is unknown if the Israelis were prepared for the sheer number of weapons  aboard the ship, which military officials said ended up being hundreds of tons  worth of mortar shells, anti-tank missiles, Katyusha missiles and other heavy  weaponry.
Hizballah later denied any connection to the ship and accused Israel of  piracy for taking over the vessel in international waters. The shipping company  claimed it had no idea the huge arms cache was hidden among the civilian cargo  it was carrying.
 

Israeli naval officials sail the captured Francop cargo ship into  the Port of Ashdod

Crates  of weapons hidden behind civilian cargo

Forklifts remove thousands of arms crates from the  Francop

Israeli troops checking the crates found aboard the Francop find  heavy weaponry

Heavy  mortar shells found among the cargo of the Francop

122mm  short-range rockets found among the cargo of the Francop
 
Art's Commentary.......The amazing thing is that the US and the World want Israel to give up land that would give the enemies Israel a more strategic base from which to use these arms against her.