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In reply to the discussion: Report: Israeli Spy Satellites Spot Iranian Ship Being Loaded With Rockets For Gaza [View all]Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)57. Actually, on the worlds arms market, it isn't smuggling.
There was no recognized embargo on smudging to Libyan rebels. We were supplying them with arms. There was an embargo with the Libyan government at the time, so giving them weapons would have been smuggling.
The gaza is under a recognized and published embargo, so moving weapons into that region is illegal.
That may be splitting legal hairs, but that is as it is.
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Report: Israeli Spy Satellites Spot Iranian Ship Being Loaded With Rockets For Gaza [View all]
Purveyor
Nov 2012
OP
You mean the one started by Bush ATF called Wide Receiver that was resurrected by same ATF agents
blm
Nov 2012
#102
If Israel is allowed load back up after this latest conflict... then so should Gaza. nt
Comrade_McKenzie
Nov 2012
#3
Would you care to cite the relevant international law that would allow us
enlightenment
Nov 2012
#23
Herzl called himself a Zionist and it's been used by those wanting a Jewish state
byeya
Nov 2012
#74
You should have said 'jews' so the flying monkeys could have set on the alert button and spun. nt
Purveyor
Nov 2012
#58
I've tried hard to stay away from this, but your statement is making me ask this...
freshwest
Nov 2012
#49
Gaza currently is no-man's land, occupied territory, and mass civilian prison.
JackRiddler
Nov 2012
#82
Is that the UN classification for it, a war-torn territory? Why not UN troops?
freshwest
Nov 2012
#86
Bombing a ship on the high seas outside a warzone or a recognized blockade, is an act of war.
Agnosticsherbet
Nov 2012
#54
Any investigations afterwards would reveal that the ship was hit with a torpedo, not destroyed from
Agnosticsherbet
Nov 2012
#64
because this is a "news" piece to whip up public opinion for them to continue their harassment
snooper2
Nov 2012
#98
BREAKING!!! North Vietnamese Torpedo Boats Fired on USS Maddox in the Gulf of Tonkin!!!!! n/t
FourScore
Nov 2012
#27
I wonder- do you feel the same way about military equipment shipped from the US?
Marrah_G
Nov 2012
#65
"May" be headed, "may" include "like" those.....Too many qualifiers to make this mean anything.
uppityperson
Nov 2012
#43
No satellite photo necessary: US ship being loaded with rockets for Israel.
JackRiddler
Nov 2012
#53
Has any Israeli spy satellites spotted any American ships being loaded with missiles ...
olddad56
Nov 2012
#88