Spain Seizes 20,000 Military Uniforms Bound for ISIS
Source: New York Times
MADRID The Spanish authorities on Thursday announced the seizure of about 20,000 military uniforms that were being shipped from Spanish ports to fighters with the Islamic State and other Islamist groups, according to the Interior Ministry.
The uniforms were part of a shipment declared as secondhand clothing to pass through customs, the ministry said, and were hidden inside three shipping containers intercepted in the ports of Valencia and Algeciras. Some other military accessories were also seized.
The ministry said in a statement that the seizure was linked to the arrest in early February of seven people accused of operating a logistical support network that provided military equipment to the Islamic State as well as the Nusra Front, a branch of Al Qaeda operating in Syria.
The Spanish authorities on Thursday released a video showing a large pile of seized camouflage clothing. A spokesman for the Interior Ministry later said that the uniforms were not made in Spain and that an investigation was still underway to determine where they came from. It was unclear whether the uniforms were intended to be used for specific operations.
Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/04/world/europe/spain-seizes-20000-military-uniforms-bound-for-isis.html
jtuck004
(15,882 posts)Darb
(2,807 posts)FFS.
Renew Deal
(81,889 posts)Darb
(2,807 posts)I gotta a package for them. Wink wink.
Renew Deal
(81,889 posts)MynameisBlarney
(2,979 posts)and shipped them on out.
eppur_se_muova
(36,309 posts)Maybe they did that with another shipment ... then busted the whole operation
MynameisBlarney
(2,979 posts)Very possible.
Javaman
(62,534 posts)I'm sure you have all heard by now of the unfortunate news regarding our uniforms.
We are working hard to replace them.
In the mean time, we got a good rate on some irregular sneakers and t-shirts.
Granted the t-shirts are from the infidels in America but they are still good 100% cotton shirts. Pre-shrunk!
We got a good deal on them, due to a misspelling error.
They should say New England Patriots, but instead it reads Parrots.
So things are looking up.
These will, I guarantee you, be much better than our current Hello Ketty shirts.
Kind of hard going into battle with a smiling misspelled cat.
Hang in there and before you know it, we will soon have a misspelled t-shirt we can all be proud of!