Monday, August 16, 2010

Egypt Stops Arab-Israeli Ship Full of Explosives

From Eye on the World:
(INN) Egyptian authorities stopped a ship from Israel, owned by an Arab and loaded with explosives,

The owner of the ship, "Joseph" [Yousef] Botryose El-Gabalwi, was arrested in Port Said and later released under court order. It is not yet known what citizenship he holds. He was prevented from leaving the country.

The explosives were inside containers on the ship, but no other details were released, and it is not known if the material was destined for terrorists. [...]

Last January, 25 Egyptians were arrested on suspicion of planning to ship weapons and explosives to Hamas and to attack Jewish holy sites and American ships in the Suez Canal. according to an Egyptian newspaper reports quoted by Chinese news agency Xinhua.

1 comment:

Epaminondas said...

These were destined for removal of tree stumps in Gaza!!

All humanity cries out to let the Gaza farmers have their explosives so they can farm in peace