Syria claims to have confiscated Israeli goods bound for Iraq

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Syria claims to have confiscated Israeli goods bound for Iraq
Ha'aretz/AP, July 7 2004

Syrian customs authorities on the Syrian-Jordanian borders have foiled an attempt to smuggle Israeli goods through Syrian territory to Iraq, according to newspaper reports Tuesday and an official at the border in the southern Dar'a region.

The official said five Jordanian trucks loaded with beams for laying electric cables worth $60,000 were seized June 24, adding that the trucks were heading to the northern Iraqi city of Irbil via Syria. The beams have Hebrew writing on them and some had "made in Israel" printed in English, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Syria remains in a state of war with Israel and bans any kind of business with the Jewish state, or the transit of Israeli products through its territory.

The goods manifest indicated the beams were of Italian origin and were ordered by a Turkish company in Ankara to be sent later to Iraq, the official said...

http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/448110.html

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1. Incidentially, probably true

Since the Israeli biz "invasion" into Iraq was exposed months ago in the Hebrew press, and the "trade" (more accurately: robbing) is apparently worth in the region of several hundred million $$ by now.

According to Boaz Gaon, the main biz reporter for Ma'ariv, Israeli goods are shipped to Iraq via Jordan where they are supposed to be removed of all Hebrew markings because the "Iraqi public is naturally opposed to such matters". Occasionally there are mistakes like this, just as there was an (unreported) mistake a while ago where Hebrew-marked vehicle air-conditioners for sale in Iraq were not "washed" of their country of origin labels.

This is all known to the US, but supressed, because it is "politically explosive" and might fuel "conspiracy theories" that US marines are just pieces on Sharon's "chessboard".

As a side-note: the Israeli penetration into Iraq has been exposed on Walla, an internet site in Israel (the largest) run by Shocken, which, funnily enough, also owns Ha'aretz...

[keithyboy]

2. The only people in the world who never learn about Israeli actions are

Americans.

[donsu]

3. Sharongang owns Israeli media - Israelis are in the dark about things too

nt

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4. 'here we go round the mulberry bush, the mulberry bush, the

mulberry bush,'