Yemeni coast guard in coordination with the US navy last month intercepted the ship in the Arabian Sea. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE
"The boat was heading towards the (Red Sea) port of al Mukha" and the arms "were destined for the Huthi rebels in Saada," the northern stronghold of the Shia fighters, the Yemeni security official told AFP.
Yemeni coast guard in coordination with the US navy last month intercepted the ship in the Arabian Sea, authorities have said.
The vessel "came from Iran and was carrying arms and explosives among them surface-to-air missiles SAM-2 and SAM-3," state news agency Saba reported on Sunday, adding that the crew of eight Yemeni nationals were being questioned.
The ship was stopped on January 23 in Yemeni territorial waters and flew several fake flags, authorities have said.
An offshoot of Shia, Zaidis are a minority in mainly Sunni Yemen but form the majority in the mountainous north.
From 2004 the Huthis fought six wars with central government forces before signing a truce in February 2010. The rebellion claimed thousands of lives.
The government accuses the rebels of being backed by Shia-dominated Iran, charges which the Zaidis deny.
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@numbersnumbers: Before you accuse people of being anti Semitic ranting you really should have an understanding of what a Semite is. For your education please read Shlomo Sand professor of European history at Tel Aviv University and his two recent books on Judaism and Israel. http://inventionofthejewishpeople.com/ http://972mag.com/the-fantasized-homeland-review-of-the-invention-of-the-land-of-israel/46048/ Or read Douglas reeds book "The controversy of Zion! Try reading the DNA study by John Hopkins University USA. http://www.scribd.com/doc/123652605/Genome-Evolution-of-Jewish-Population-John-Hopkins Maybe then you may be able to speak with some knowledge and authority on the subject!
@numbersnumbers: Why waste time on them. The highest schooling they got is from a Madrasa, teaching them how to to get back to the Stone Age.
@Sexton Blake: United Nations Security Council resolutions call on member states to stop and inspect Iranian ships and cargo.
@John Marsh: Wow, more anti-Semitic rantings! Please tell us your version of what the ship was carrying and where it was going, of course with credible sources so we can all learn the TRUTH!!!! NOT !
It appears that the US Navy has extended its acts of piracy to the Gulf Of Aden, which I have always thought was an international waterway.
A likely story from the US puppet regime of Yemen and US military ! absolute bull as usual published in a Pensacola subsidiary of the Jew York times via the Rothschild Jew owned news agency Reuters. no more needs to be said!