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ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey was holding a suspicious shipment bound for Venezuela from Iran because it contained lab equipment capable of producing explosives, a customs official said Tuesday.
Suleyman Tosun, a customs official at the Mediterranean port of Mersin, said military experts were asked to examine the material, which was seized last month, and decide whether to let the shipment to go to Venezuela.
Authorities detected the equipment during a search of 22 containers labeled "tractor parts," Tosun said. They were brought to Mersin by trucks from neighboring Iran, he said. Turkey's Interior Ministry said an investigation was under way.
"Experts from Turkey's Atomic Institute determined there were no traces of radioactive material, but said the equipment was enough to set up an explosives lab," Tosun said. "We have asked the military to send experts to determine whether to resume the shipment."
Originally posted by masonwatcher
So Iran has entered the arms dealing business, big deal. Is it a closed shop or what? Do you have to pass a test to deal in the international arms trade?
Originally posted by Swordbeast
reply to post by Harlequin
True, but they aren't labeled as tractor parts. Very interesting.
Originally posted by Harlequin
you can buy equipment for making explosives ay wal-mart.
Originally posted by Muundoggie
What is really in the Humanitarian Aid shipment the Iranians are sending to Gaza?
Food, medicine and what else falsely labeled?
I don't trust the Iranians.
[edit on 6-1-2009 by Muundoggie]
Originally posted by masonwatcher
At this stage, arming the Palestinians to the teeth would be the humanitarian thing to do. Haven't you seen the news. It's getting quite sadistic and sick.