Thursday, February 17, 2011

Iranian ships to Suez, Israel paws

The "peace bridge" that crosses the Suez Canal, 90 km east of Cairo. It has threatened to create a diplomatic incident the story of two Iranian frigates of war who wanted to reach Syria transiting the Suez Canal . The transition from Egyptian territory along the artificial river that runs along the peninsula since 1860 putting in communication the Sinai Red Sea with the Mediterranean, had been seen in a bad eye by the Israeli government had indicated that it considered a provocation of Ayatollah.


CHANGE OF PROGRAM - The two ships, however, have decided to cancel their passage through the channel. Al Arabiya was reported to the issuer has been a source of the company that oversees traffic on the strip of water. The source said the authorities were informed of the cancellation of the demands of the two Iranian ships to enter the channel.

The two ships were at the time close to the Saudi port of Jeddah. Previously, Ahmed el-Manakhli, a company executive port, no ship had reported that Iran had asked permission to go to Suez. According to el-Manakhli, every warship must apply for approval 48 hours before crossing the channel, but this request had not yet been notified by any ship of the Islamic Republic.

THE ISRAELI FEARS - The transit of the two vessels, since it is military, diplomatic problems with Israel would inevitably that Iran topped the list of hostile countries. Jerusalem is no coincidence that it had been leaked to some irritation to spread the news of the possible approval to transit Suez.

The government of the Jewish state had interpreted the gesture as yet another provocation of the ayatollahs. On Thursday, the Israeli foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, had issued a warning saying that the Iranian ships in the Mediterranean would have come in the night. Which did not occur.

Since 1979, the year of the Islamic Revolution, Iran no ship has ever passed the Suez Canal. The authorities in Cairo in recent days said they could not prevent access to any vessel unless that Egypt is not in a state of war. Tehran has confirmed the sending of two ships on exercises in Syria attacks by Somali pirates for oil tankers.

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