5 tons of TNT seized at Egypt-Gaza border

Along with 560 sheep. Cuz it's not a party without TNT and sheep to screw Jerusalem Post

Egyptian police seized five tons of cement and found a half-ton cache of TNT hidden near the Gazan border, a security official said Monday.

In addition, police grabbed a flock of 560 sheep set to be smuggled into the Gaza Strip through underground tunnels.

The flock was discovered on Sunday night, near the entrances to six tunnels in the Salah el-Din district north of the Rafah border crossing, the official said.

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Turkey holds suspicious Iranian shipment to Venezuela

Turkey has been investigating a suspicious shipment from Iran to Venezuela. The shipment was labeled tractor parts but Turkish authorities say the shipment contains lab equipment to make explosives.

An Iranian official claims the containers hold nothing of importance. Of course not, just an explosives lab kit for Hizbollah agents operating in Venezuela. International Herald Tribune

ANKARA, Turkey: Turkey was holding a suspicious shipment bound for Venezuela from Iran because it contained lab equipment capable of producing explosives, a customs official said Tuesday.

Suleyman Tosun, a customs official at the Mediterranean port of Mersin, said military experts were asked to examine the material, which was seized last month, and decide whether to let the shipment to go to Venezuela.

Authorities detected the equipment during a search of 22 containers labeled "tractor parts," Tosun said. They were brought to Mersin by trucks from neighboring Iran, he said. Turkey's Interior Ministry said an investigation was under way.

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