Iran using commercial airliner to fly fighters, weapons to Syria

(Hat tip: KimR) - Iran is using a commercial airliner with ties to the country’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to ferry fighters and weapons to Syria. Sanctioned by the United States for its support of terrorism, Mahan Air operates regular flights from Tehran to Dusseldorf and Munich. But now German politicians are seeking to ban the airline for its alleged ties to Iran's regime. Read more at The Foreign Desk Read More......

French police seize over 300 weapons, jihadist propaganda in raids on mosques since Nov. 13 Paris attacks

French police have seized hundreds of weapons and Islamic jihadist documents in raids conducted on mosques, some of which have been shut down on grounds of radicalisation, since the Nov. 13 Paris attacks.

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Coalition says it seized Iran boat with arms for Yemen rebels

The Saudi-led coalition said on Wednesday it had seized an Iranian fishing boat in the Arabian Sea loaded with weapons destined for Shiite rebels it is fighting in Yemen. --A coalition statement said that the vessel was intercepted on Saturday and that 14 Iranians and weapons including anti-tank shells were found on board.

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If you like mysteries and whodunits, don't miss this! (Cyber attack on Iran's nuke program)

FOX NEWS, 11/26/2010 by Ed Barnes Mystery Surrounds Cyber Missile That Crippled Iran's Nuclear Weapons Ambitions - "In the 20th century, this would have been a job for James Bond. ∴ The mission: Infiltrate the highly advanced, securely guarded enemy headquarters where scientists in the clutches of an evil master are secretly building a weapon that can destroy the world. Then render that weapon harmless and escape undetected. ∴ But in the 21st century, Bond doesn't get the call. Instead, the job is handled by a suave and very sophisticated secret computer worm, a jumble of code called Stuxnet, which in the last year has not only crippled Iran's nuclear program but has caused a major rethinking of computer security around the globe." Read more at Fox News...

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Is China Supplying Terrorists?

Power Line, June 15, 2007, Posted by John - Intelligence: China Supplying Terrorists In Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan

Bill Gertz, writing in the Washington Times, said today that China is supplying large quantities of weapons to both Iraq and Afghanistan, through Iran:

New intelligence reveals China is covertly supplying large quantities of small arms and weapons to insurgents in Iraq and the Taliban militia in Afghanistan, through Iran.

Some arms were sent by aircraft directly from Chinese factories to Afghanistan and included large-caliber sniper rifles, millions of rounds of ammunition, rocket-propelled grenades and components for roadside bombs, as well as other small arms.

According to the officials, the Iranians, in buying the arms, asked Chinese state-run suppliers to expedite the transfers and to remove serial numbers to prevent tracing their origin. China, for its part, offered to transport the weapons in order to prevent the weapons from being interdicted.

U.S. Army specialists suspect the weapons were transferred within the past three months. Continued at Power Line...

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