(Der Spiegel-Germany) A German-owned freighter, the Atlantic Cruiser, stopped on Friday 80 km. off the Syrian port of Tartus after defectors from inside the Syrian government warned the shipping company that it had picked up heavy military equipment and munitions meant for Syrian dictator Bashar Assad's regime from an Iranian freighter in Djibouti. "We stopped the ship after getting information on the weapons cargo," said shipping agent Torsten Luddeke of Hamburg-based C.E.G. Bulk Chartering.
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