[Freezak]

The Greek Coast Guard seized a vessel Tuesday carrying ammunition and weapons near the southern island of Crete, authorities said, according to the Associated Press. The shipment is believed to be linked to the Islamic State group in Libya, according to local media reports.

Authorities have not yet confirmed whether it was connected to the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS, and said more information would be released later in the day. There's also a high possibility that the container might have been an aid for some of the "refugees" arriving in Greece but it's yet to be confirmed.

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The coastguard said a search of only the first two of the 14 containers carried by the Bolivian vessel Haddad 1 had revealed almost 500,000 rounds of ammunition and 5,000 shotguns, of a type similar to that used by police, with no accompanying documentation, IB Times report

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They were found at the bottom of the containers, concealed by a load of furniture, including drawers, cupboards, and a layer of gymnastic mats.

The Haddad 1, a rusty 65-metre vessel built in 1976 and registered in the port of La Paz, was intercepted off Ierapetra, southeast of Crete, earlier this week, and claimed to be heading to the Libyan city of Misrata.

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It had left the southern Turkish port of Iskenderun, about 50km from the Syrian border a few days earlier.

Its crew of seven has been arrested, while inspectors continued searching the remaining containers in the port of Crete's largest city, Heraklion. Greek authorities have not released their nationalities, which local media say include Syrians, Egyptians and Indians.

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Greek Marine Minister Christos Zois praised the "professionalism" of the coastguard for the identification of the ship, adding the investigation was ongoing and further information would be released at a later stage. "The count of weapons and ammunition is continuing and we hope that soon we will have more information on this case," he said.


source: ibtimes.co.uk

[Lord Octagon]

Well... that is a lot of guns and ammo.

[Humla]

Europeans need to wake up and realize that the threat is real. I wonder how many weapon shipments actually went through and are now in the hands of islamist groups.

I guess it is time to arm up and wait for the war.

[Dauntless]

I guess it is time to arm up and wait for the war.

A war with who? the refugees?

[Humla]

[quote author=Humla link=topic=1827.msg17431#msg17431 date=1442050040]
I guess it is time to arm up and wait for the war.

A war with who? the refugees?
[/quote]

The estimated ten thousands ISIS members that has arrived to Europe as "refugees", yes.

[Dauntless]

[quote author=Dauntless link=topic=1827.msg17440#msg17440 date=1442055667]
[quote author=Humla link=topic=1827.msg17431#msg17431 date=1442050040]
I guess it is time to arm up and wait for the war.

A war with who? the refugees?
[/quote]

The estimated ten thousands ISIS members that has arrived to Europe as "refugees", yes.
[/quote]

I wouldn't say tens of thousands of them are ISIS members, but you have a point and hopefully border control comes back.