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Wednesday
Oct142009

Arms and the Middle East: Was Halted German Ship Carrying Ammunition from Iran to Syria?

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Bw-MS-Hansa-Stavanger-Leonhardt-Blumberg Der Spiegel claims that US forces deployed in the Gulf of Suez discovered containers of ammunition carried from Iran to Syria by a Hamburg-based shipping company, Leonhardt & Blumberg. American officials said the arms shipment is a violation of UN Security Resolution 1747, which forbids all weapons shipments into and out of Iran.

The newspaper quoted a German diplomat that the incident was "an embarrassing affair" the consequences of which could bring trouble to Germany's trans-Atlantic relations.

The newspaper reports that the Americans allowed the ship to dock at Malta, where the ammunition was secured.