Turkey Halts Lebanon-Bound Iran, Syria Planes

[Ha'aretz] Yossi Melman - Turkish authorities have prevented five Iranian airplanes and a Syrian aircraft from flying into Lebanon, suspecting them of transporting arms to Hizballah, the Turkish Hurriyet newspaper reported on Monday. American intelligence reports indicated the plane carried three missile launchers and containers with Chinese C-802 land-to-sea missiles, identical to the missile that hit an Israel Navy ship in July.


2006-08-21 01:00:00

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