Midi Island and Iranian Missiles Again
Update: Iran denies ship seized.
The last report we had was about a purported Iranian missile shipment from the Sudan prior to the outbreak of the sixth war. Now theres news of a new shipment, not to be confused with the ship with the Chinese weapons. Mohammed Sudaam is the Reuters reporter which raises several red flags, and the question of how big was the boat if it only had six crew. This story could be a diversion for the weapons sent on the Chinese freighter, which may be a weapons shipment to al Qaeda by Yemeni govt officials. But on the other hand, it could true.
al Motamar Local sources I n Hajah province said the Yemeni nay caught an Iranian suspect ship loaded with weapons offshore Midi in Hajah province, to the remotest north-west part of Yemen.
The sources said the ship is thought o be smuggling weapons to the Houthi elements of sabotage and its crew was composed of five Iranians and an Indian one.
According to the sources security apparatuses were then interrogating the ship’s crew to disclose more information about the event.
SANAA (Al Arabiya) has more:
Yemen’s navy seized on Monday an Iranian ship loaded with anti-tank weapons off its north-west coast in the Red Sea, an Al Arabiya correspondent in Sanaa reported, citing informed government sources.
The sources added that five Iranians and one Indian aboard the ship were detained and immediately taken to the capital Sanaa for investigation.
The ship was reportedly heading to Yemen’s northern coast to unload its weapons’ shipment in an area where it could be temporally hidden before being transported to the Houthi rebels in the Saada province.
The six-member crew aboard the ship were weapons experts who were sent to Yemen to replace other Iranians fighting alongside the Houthi rebels and who are thought to be wounded in battles with the government forces.
