weapons

Weapons seized in Nigeria came from Iran: shipping company (Reuters)

October 30th, 2010

Reuters - Crates of weapons including rocket launchers and mortars seized in Nigeria this week were loaded in Iran by a local trader, the company which shipped the containers said…

NKorea threatens ‘1,000-fold’ increase in weapons (AP)

October 16th, 2010

In this photo released by the Defense Ministry of South Korea, a fake suspicious ship is chased by warships from South Korea and Japan, unseen, during a multi-national exercise at sea between South Korea and Japan Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010. The one-day maneuvers are South Korea's first active participation in the Proliferation Security Initiative, aimed at deterring trade in weapons of mass destruction and missiles by states including North Korea and Iran. (AP Photo/ Defense Ministry via Yonhap) ** KOREA OUT **AP - North Korea’s media on Saturday threatened “1,000-fold” military buildup as the United States ruled out lifting sanctions to try to coax Pyongyang into resuming talks aimed at its…

Arrest near G-20 summit site (AP)

June 24th, 2010

Police examine a car belonging to a man arrested near the future G-20 summit site in Toronto, Canada on Thursday June 24, 2010. Police spokeswoman Nathalie Deschenes said Thursday there was an array of unspecified weapons in the car. A police hazardous unit is going through the car. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chris Young)AP - Police pulled over a suspicious car Thursday near the site of this weekend’s global summit and arrested a man after flagging the vehicle for having a large makeshift…

Israel: Flotillas aim to get weapons to Gaza (AP)

June 23rd, 2010

Palestinians search a destroyed runway to collect gravel at the airport damaged by late Israeli air strikes in Rafah, southern of Gaza Strip, Wednesday, June 23, 2010. Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip was imposed after the militant Hamas group violently seized power in the territory three years ago. Cement and other building materials are rarely allowed by Israel to enter Gaza, and Israel says the blockade is meant to keep weapons out of Gaza and to put pressure on its Hamas rulers. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)AP - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu charged Wednesday that the real motivation behind plans to send blockade-busting ships toward Gaza is to allow free flow of weapons into the…

Iran cleric wants ’special weapons’ to deter enemy (AP)

June 14th, 2010

Iran's parliament is drafting a bill on downgrading ties with the UN atomic watchdog, a lawmaker said Sunday after the Islamic republic was slapped with fresh sanctions over its nuclear drive.(AFP/File/Joe Klamar)AP - The hardline spiritual mentor of Iran’s president has made a rare public call for producing the “special weapons” that are a monopoly of a few nations — a…

Report: Myanmar seeking nuclear weapons (AP)

June 4th, 2010

In this Jan. 6, 2010, photo released by the Democratic Voice of Burma, Myanmar defector Sai Thein Win poses at at undisclosed place in Myanmar. Documents smuggled out of Myanmar by an army defector indicate its military regime is trying to develop nuclear weapons and long-range missiles, and North Korea is probably assisting the program, an expatriate media group said Friday, June 4, 2010. The Norway-based Democratic Voice of Burma said Win was an army major who was trained in Myanmar as a defense engineer and later in Russia as a missile expert. It said he had access to secret Myanmar nuclear facilities including a nuclear battalion north of Mandalay 'charged with building up a nuclear weapons capability.'(AP Photo/Democratic Voice of Burma) ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY **AP - VIENNA AP) — Secret documents and hundreds of photos smuggled out of Myanmar by an army defector indicate its military regime is trying to develop nuclear weapons and…

Man caught at Puerto Rico airport with weapons (AP)

May 19th, 2010

AP - A man was arrested this week trying to board a flight out of Puerto Rico while carrying weapons that included a stun gun, a switchblade knife and four…

Thai protesters take on army with crude weapons (AP)

May 18th, 2010

An anti-government protester reacts when he accidentally burnt himself while throwing a molotov cocktail at Thai soldiers on Tuesday May 18, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. The Thai government rejected a proposal Tuesday for peace talks with leaders of the Red Shirt protesters to end the deadly mayhem gripping Bangkok, saying negotiations cannot start until the protesters disperse. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)AP - Red Shirt protester Sakhorn Iamsri strides the front line with a slingshot hanging from his jeans pocket.


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Iran’s president says no proof of weapons plan (AP)

May 3rd, 2010

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (C) talks to Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki (L) after addressing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference, at United Nations Headquarters, in New York, May 3, 2010. The objective of the treaty, which took effect in 1970, is to halt the spread of nuclear weapons-making capability, guarantee the right of all members to develop nuclear energy for peaceful ends and -- for the original five nuclear weapons powers -- to phase out their arsenals. REUTERS/Chip East (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)AP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is rejecting allegations his country is developing nuclear weapons, citing “not a single credible proof.”


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