Israel says Iranian warships near Suez

[Dennis Donovan]

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/02/16/israel.iran.warships/index.html?hpt=T2

Jerusalem (CNN) -- Two Iranian warships are expected to pass through the Suez Canal on their way to Syria Wednesday night, a move that Israel considers a "provocation," Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman said Wednesday.

The passage is "something which has not happened in many years," Liberman said.

"This is a provocation that proves that the self-confidence and insolence of the Iranians is growing from day to day," he said.
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Not a positive development...:(

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Oh fucking hoo... Zues is for everybody

as long as fees are paid.

[leveymg]

2. How dare they transit an international waterway. It's an act of war I tell you! War!

Is Liberman nuts? Does he know how nutty he sounds? Does he even care? Do the rest of the Israelis even notice?

[MattBaggins]

14. "self-confidence and insolence of the Iranians is growing from day to day"

yeah those fucking uppity little turds.... How dare they use a waterway that everyone else does...

[RaleighNCDUer]

3. OMG!!!

Two warships might use an international waterway!!!!

[AnOhioan]

4. Avigdor needs to rein in his paranoia

[Rhiannon12866]

5. Holy...

What's next?! :wow: :scared: :(

[Dennis Donovan]

12. According to other posters, this is a non-issue?

:shrug:

BTW - nice hearts... ;-)

[Rhiannon12866]

13. We seem to have crosssed paths:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=429261&mesg_id=431704

And thanks. It's nice to know that somebody, somewhere, likes me. :)

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[Skip_In_Boulder]

7. This isn't what we need going on at this time

The M.E. is already way to volatile.

[sufrommich]

8. I think Iran is trying to deflect some attention away from it's

domestic problems. I expect some nationalistic chest beating will be the result.

[Skip_In_Boulder]

9. Let's hope so.

But when things get this charged it only takes one hot head to set things off.

[Badfish]

10. It's a non story.

They had to print something.

[Rhiannon12866]

11. Israel warns Iran is preparing to send warships through Suez Canal into the Mediterranean

AFP February 17, 2011 8:25AM

ISRAEL has warned Iran and its ally Hezbollah not to test it, charging that Tehran was preparing to send warships into the Mediterranean as the Lebanese militia threatened to occupy northern Israel in the event of a new war.

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said that Israel could not ignore the planned sailing of two Iranian naval vessels through the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean en route for Syria and Defence Minister Ehud Barak labelled the act "hostile".

"Tonight two Iranian warships are supposed to cross the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean Sea on their way to Syria," Lieberman told a conference of American Jewish leaders in Jerusalem.

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The Israeli military had no immediate comment but Barak's office issued a terse statement saying that Israel was closely monitoring developments.

"Israel is watching attentively the hostile Iranian movement and has updated friendly countries on the matter," it quoted him as saying.

In Washington, US State Department spokesman Philip Crowley said: "We'll be watching to see what they do," confirming that he was talking about the same vessels to which Lieberman was referring.

Crowley, however, did not call them warships or identify them as Iranian, saying that he knew neither their intention nor destination.

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http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/israel-warns-iran-is-preparing-to-send-warships-through-suez-canal-into-the-mediterranean/story-e6frg6so-1226007335935