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Slideshow: Weapons Bound for Hezbollah

Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 6:46 pm PST

The IDF has uploaded a video presentation showing the huge shipment of weaponry from Iran, intended for Hezbollah, that was intercepted this week by an Israel Navy commando force aboard the civilian ship Francop. [Video]

Israel, Lebanon, Iran, Smuggling, Weapons Smuggling, Hezbollah, Terrorism

Video: Hezbollah Caught Red-Handed Smuggling Weapons

Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 12:33 pm PDT

Just posted at the IDF’s YouTube page: On October 12, 2009, there was an explosion at a Hezbollah weapons storehouse in Tayr Filsay, in southern Lebanon. This aerial footage, taken shortly after the explosion, shows Hezbollah operatives closing down the area around the warehouse, driving in two trucks and ...

Lebanon, Hezbollah, Weapons, Smuggling, Terrorism, Israel, Video

Iranian Nuclear Smuggling Plot Uncovered in Manhattan

Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 1:00 pm PDT

The Manhattan district attorney’s office has announced that they’ve discovered a plot to smuggle nuclear weapons materials to Iran, with the unwitting help of New York banks. The indictment will outline the financial conspiracy behind 58 different transactions, including shipments of various banned materials from China to Iran between ...

Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Nuclear Proliferation, New York, Smuggling

Jingle Bombs

Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 3:45 pm PDT

Michael Yon has interesting photos of Pakistani “jingle trucks” turned into vehicles for weapons smugglers—exposed by man’s best friend: Jingle Bombs, Jingle Bombs. Soldiers call these colorful beasts “jingo trucks” because of all the chains and bells that make them sound like road chimes. Jingle trucks ply the ...

Pakistan, Taliban, Militant Islam, Terrorism, Smuggling, Dogs

Hamas Thugs Caught Smuggling Suitcases Full of Cash (Again)

Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 12:25 pm PST

Hamas “negotiators” attended cease-fire talks in Cairo this week, and somehow, mysteriously, ended up with suitcases full of money that they tried to smuggle into Gaza: Hamas negotiators stopped with suitcases of cash. CAIRO – Hamas negotiators left Egypt without a long-term cease-fire with Israel on Thursday — but ...

Palestinians, Hamas, Gaza, Terrorism, Smuggling, Egypt

Smuggling Tunnels: They're For the Children

Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 9:22 am PDT

Here’s one that will go down in the Annals of Extremely Stupid Propaganda: Gaza smuggling tunnels are for milk, say Palestinians. Palestinian officials from the Gaza Strip have distributed a set of carefully-staged photographs they say are evidence that the smuggling tunnels running under the Gaza-Egypt border are for ...

LGF, Hamas, Propaganda, Smuggling, Tunnels, Gaza, Egypt

Lebanon's Jumblatt Wants Ban on Iranian Flights

Sat, May 3, 2008 at 4:58 pm PDT

Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt has had quite a change of heart from the days when he used to sound like a Troofer; now he wants to ban flights from Iran. BEIRUT (AFP) - A leading member of Lebanon’s Western-backed ruling coalition called on Saturday for a ban on ...

LGF, Lebanon, Hizballah, Hesbollah, Hezbollah, Smuggling, jumblatt, Walid Jumblatt, Iran

Another Hizballah War on the Horizon

Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 6:53 pm PDT

It’s not as if they’re trying very hard to hide it: Hizbollah builds up covert army for a new assault against Israel. The dead of southern Lebanon watch the living from the sides of buildings and from lampposts, their faces staring out defiantly from posters, heads often superimposed on ...

LGF, Lebanon, UNIFIL, United Nations, Hizballah, Hesbollah, Hezbollah, Smuggling

Pathetic United Nations Story of the Day

Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 11:29 am PDT

Hizballah is rebuilding and rearming in Lebanon at a frightening rate, and United Nations “peacekeepers” just run away when they stumble across the terrorists smuggling weapons: UNIFIL finds Hezbollah arms; gunmen scatter peacekeepers. To make it worse, the UN apparently buried the story, giving it only a brief mention in ...

LGF, Lebanon, UNIFIL, United Nations, Hizballah, Hesbollah, Hezbollah, Smuggling

Islamic Revolutionary Goat Smugglers

Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 2:24 pm PST

The Memri Economic Blog has exclusive photos of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) smuggling ... not weapons or IEDs, but goats.

LGF, Iran, IRGC, Pasdaran, Smuggling

Smuggling of Radioactive Materials Rampant

Sat, Jan 5, 2008 at 3:38 pm PST

Tonight’s warm, cozy news for the new year: Report Reveals Rampant Smuggling of Radioactive Materials. In a troubling disclosure, the Russian Federal Customs Service has revealed that authorities thwarted more than 850 attempts to smuggle highly radioactive materials in and out of Russia in 2007. Eighty-five percent of these ...

LGF, Smuggling, Radioactive Material, Chernobyl, Russia

A State Built on High Explosives

Sun, Dec 30, 2007 at 9:43 am PST

Proving again that murdering Jews is more important than feeding their own people, and showing how much they really want to build a functioning state of their very own, a Palestinian truck at a West Bank checkpoint was discovered to be carrying 6.5 tons of potassium nitrate (an ingredient used ...

LGF, Palestinians, Hamas, Statehood, Egypt, Smuggling

Hizballah: Still Smugglin'

Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 2:10 pm PDT

Imagine my surprise. US claims Hezbollah still smuggling arms through Syria. BEIRUT (AFP) - The US ambassador to Lebanon said on Friday that there was clear evidence the Shiite militant group Hezbollah was still smuggling weapons across the Syrian border, in violation of UN resolutions. “We find ...

LGF, Lebanon, Hizballah, Syria, Smuggling

Holy Books Used for Smuggling Narcotics

Sat, Sep 1, 2007 at 6:57 pm PDT

Should we expect a surge of outrage from the Islamic world over this? Holy books used for smuggling narcotics. My guess is no. RAWALPINDI: The Customs Collectorate, Rawalpindi, has recovered huge quantity of heroin and hashish, concealed in the Holy Quran and religious books being parcelled to United Kingdom ...

LGF, Pakistan, Militant Islam, Smuggling, Drugs, Koran, Blasphemy

The Peace Process at Work

Sun, Dec 17, 2006 at 6:09 pm PST

This is what comes of the persistent delusion that giving up land in response to terrorist violence will bring peace: Gaza weapons smuggling flourishes. One surprise about this article is that it’s written by AP Palestinian propagandist Sarah El Deeb, who normally pushes the PLO line relentlessly. It makes me ...

Palestinians, Israel, Hamas, Mahmoud Abbas, Land for Peace, Roadmap, Smuggling

Israel Security Chief Warns of Large Confrontation in Gaza

Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 8:32 am PST

Hamas has been smuggling huge quantities of weapons and explosives into Gaza, preparing for all-out war against Israel: Shin Bet chief warns of large-scale confrontation in Gaza. Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin said Tuesday morning that “Israel must prepare for a wide military confrontation in the Strip, if moderate sources ...

Palestinian, Smuggling, War Crimes, Terrorism

Egyptian Police "Find" Explosives in Sinai

Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 9:39 am PST

Huge quantities of explosives and weaponry are smuggled into Gaza from Egypt on a daily basis, and every once in a while the Egyptian government stages a bust to make it look like they’re trying to stop it: Egypt seizes explosives in Gaza frontier town. CAIRO (AFP) - Egyptian security ...

Palestinian, Smuggling, Egypt

Palestinian Duplicity Watch

Sat, May 27, 2006 at 6:38 pm PDT

Remember that Hamas official who was caught smuggling nearly a million dollars in cash through the Egyptian border? Remember what Palestinian “president” Mahmoud Abbas said (through his spokesliar Saeb Erekat) at the time? GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - President Mahmoud Abbas has asked the Palestinian attorney general to investigate ...

Palestinians, Hamas, Funding, Smuggling

Israel Intercepts Smuggled Weapon Parts

Tue, May 2, 2006 at 12:59 pm PDT

Today Israel confiscated a large shipment of “combat support items” destined for Gaza, originating in China. (Hat tip: Carl in Jerusalem.) Hundreds of combat support items were found Tuesday morning in a shipping container sent from China to the Gaza Strip. Customs officers at the Ashdod Port made the discovery ...

Israel, Palestinian, Smuggling

Huge Amount of Explosives Near Egyptian Border

Sat, Mar 18, 2006 at 5:14 pm PST

The smugglers have been busy since Israel turned over control of the Egyptian border to the Palestinian Authority: Egypt uncovers explosives near border. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Egyptian security forces recently uncovered 1.5 tons of TNT explosives near the border with Israel. A report on the discovery was relayed to ...

Israel, Smuggling, Explosives, Terrorism, Egypt