British Navy Seizes Smuggled Iranian Weapons in Gulf of Oman

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    6% Center

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  • Policy Leaning

    12% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    22% Positive

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55% : Britain said the vessel was detected traveling south from Iran at high speed during the hours of darkness by an unmanned US intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance plane, and was also tracked by a British helicopter.
49% : Inside the boat, British troops found Russian 9M133 Kornet anti-tank guided missiles, known in Iran as "Dehlavieh," the US Navy's Mideast-based 5th Fleet and the British navy said.
49% : Britain said that it had informed the United Nations about the seizure.
48% : The boat was heading from Iran likely to Yemen.
42% : Those weapons have been seen in other seizures suspected to be from Iran and bound for Yemen.

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