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Wed 11 Nov 2009Israel detains 'Iranian weapons' ship
Israeli naval commandos have boarded a ship suspected of carrying Iranian-supplied rockets destined for Lebanon's Hezbullah group and taken the vessel to an Israeli port, the government said today.
Deputy Defence Minister Matan Vilnai told army radio that Katyusha rockets were found on the Antigua-flagged Francop, which the military said was intercepted overnight in the Mediterranean Sea, 100 miles from Israel. It was brought to Ashdod, south of Tel Aviv.
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