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October 19, 2004       Share:    

Source: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1098072902299&p=1078397702269

Karine A Captain Sentenced to 25 Years

(Jerusalem Post) Margot Dudkevitch - A military court on Monday sentenced the captain of the Karine A weapons ship, Omar Muhammad Hassan Akawi, 47, to 25 years and two officers to 17 years each for attempting to smuggle tons of Iranian-supplied weapons to the PA in Gaza in 2002. The charge sheet revealed a wide network that sent the accused to Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Egypt, Dubai, and Sudan to collect money to purchase the ships and fill their containers with weapons supplied by Iran and Hizballah. The cargo included short- and long-range Katyushas, Sagger and LAW antitank rockets, mortars, mines, explosives, sniper rifles, and bullets.

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