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US commandos raided ship headed to Iran from China with military-related items — WSJ
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleWASHINGTON — A US special operations team in the Indian Ocean raided a ship headed to Iran from China last month and seized military-related articles, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing US officials.
The cargo consisted of components potentially useful for Iran’s conventional weapons, one official says, adding the shipment had been destroyed.
US forces boarded the ship several hundred miles off the coast of Sri Lanka, according to the newspaper, which adds the vessel was later allowed to proceed.
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