Mossad's Involvement in the Kidnapping of Russian Cargo Ship has been Confirmed ..hm
August 22, 2009
A: According to sources, a Russian newspaper that the persons who are suspected of being pirates who boarded the cargo ship "Arctic Sea", in fact, members of the Israeli intelligence (Mossad) were trying to prevent the ship from the transfer of weapons to Iran.
. The ship had disappeared more than three weeks of monitoring off the west coast of Africa and the Russian forces from the liberalization of the crew of 15 sailors Russia on Monday near the Cape Verde Islands.
According to Russian media that the ship may have been, "Arctic Sea" cruise missile X-55 illegally hidden among a load of sawdust.
She told "Novaya Gazeta" that the men working on behalf of the Israeli Mossad kidnapped the ship, adding that the sudden visit of Israeli President Shimon Peres to Moscow this month, 18 day after the location of the "Arctic Sea" was to contain the situation.
He called on Peres, according to the newspaper, during the Moscow visit, that the provision to Iran of weapons or missile defense systems.
Russian authorities deny that the vessel was smuggling weapons
The Russian authorities had earlier denied speculation that the cargo ship Arctic Sea, which lost about three weeks ago that was smuggling weapons.
He said Russian Ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Dmitry Rogozin, the claims by some military experts that there were cruise missiles bound for Iran, hidden beneath a cargo ship from sawdust are allegations of "fake" and "ridiculous."
Rogozin added that the deployment of a Russian fleet in the Black Sea at great cost to free the hijacked ship was for the Russian sailors, not the supposed shipment of arms.
Formally charged
In developments, the Russian authorities on Friday formally charged eight people on charges of abduction of the cargo ship "Arctic Sea."
The Russian news agency Interfax that the Russian investigators, the eight men accused of the abduction of Russian sailors who were on board the ship in addition to piracy.
The report said that the list of suspects includes a Lithuanian, Russian, three people without identity, contrary to all previous reports, the list included Spain, and is currently investigating the nationality of two others are suspected of nationality. __________________
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