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Israeli Commandos Seize Hezbollah-Bound Arms Ship

Israeli commandos seized a ship Wednesday that defense officials said was carrying hundreds of tons of weapons from Iran bound for... ...full story at digg

from digg on Thu, Nov 05 2009

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