Iran recruits Somali pirates to replenish Hamas arms stocks
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
January 13, 2009, 12:38 PM (GMT+02:00)
DEBKAfile's military sources reveal a secret war waged by the US,
Israel and Egypt to shut down Iran's serpentine maritime routes through the
Red Sea and Suez for refilling Hamas' depleted arsenal by sea. After Hamas
lost an estimated 60 percent of its weapons stocks to Israeli bombardments,
Iran enlisted Somali pirates to step up the flow of smuggled hardware to
Gaza. Tehran is rearming the Palestinian Islamists at top speed to persuade
them to carry on the war against Israel and not surrender to Egypt's
ceasefire terms.
According to our military sources, the Iranian sealift is conducted
along three routes:
1. The Iranian segment: .
2. The Eritrean route: ...
3. The European route: ...
DEBKAfile's military sources reveal that Iran's seaborne arms
corridor to Hamas depends heavily on three Sinai Bedouin tribes: The
Tarabin, which controls areas adjoining the Israeli and Gazan borders; the
Tiyaha, which rule central Sinai; and the Azazmeh, whose wide spread covers
northern Sinai, the Israeli Negev, Jordan and Syria. They form a human chain
to relay the Iranian shipments, including heavy Grad rockets, into the Gaza
Strip.
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