Huge explosion in Cyprus caused by confiscated Iranian weapons
A huge explosion that killed 12 people in Cyprus on Monday was caused by Iranian weapons that were confiscated while enroute to Syria in 2009. "Our government's position in this difficult diplomatic issue was that the material not be held in Cyprus," said Stefanos Stefanou, the government spokesman.Read the whole thing. Aside from the impact on Cyprus (maybe we ought to help them out), you have to wonder what country is going to be the next one to allow a ship carrying illegal weapons to be towed into one of its ports. I'd guess no one.
He said, however, Cyprus had no choice but take the arms cargo in after its suggestions it go to the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon was rejected, and it received no answer from the Security Council that the material be sent to Germany or Malta.
The economic impact of the disaster has yet to be assessed. Just a mangled shell remained of the 700 million euro power facility of Vassiliko on Tuesday, a station which provided Cyprus with 53 percent of its energy. The crisis triggered rolling power and water cuts.
Newspapers accused authorities of criminal negligence, pointing a finger of blame directly at Demetris Christofias, the communist president who was swept to power in 2008.
"(It was) a disaster that would have been avoided if our country was run by a less incompetent president," the liberal English language Cyprus Mail daily said in a front-page editorial.
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Two of the victims, twin 19 year old conscripts, had been assigned to douse the stack regularly with water to keep temperatures down, their family said.
"Which idiot decided to place 98 containers of explosives in a compound ... directly opposite the largest energy facility the Cyprus Republic now has?" the daily Politis asked, splashing the word "Criminals" on its front page.
"Whether the president was in oblivion, or is just scared of the responsibility, its difficult for him to convince us he can run this country."
Labels: Cyprus, Iran sanctions regime
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 2:44 AM
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Well, they could store future intercepted Iranian arms shipments at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi plant complex--it's already totaled.
It's only a few Cypriots being blown up. Who cares ?
Gee whiz can any other geniuses out there work out what is going on at the moment ?
G-d uses various cosmic equations to test humankind. Like a caring, old professor he drops in from time to time on his students in the class room and sees what they are up to. Call this one the Isaiah Equation. Notes. H = Human Population in billions expressed as single digit (i.e. Currently 6.92) W = Number of nuclear weapons on Planet Earth E = Total global expenditure on weapons. P = Predisposition/Attitude of people in positions of power to solving conflicts through violence. (10 is high 1 is low) M = Is Moshiach present on Planet Earth. (Yes = 100 No = 0) S = Financial support in US Dollar terms of actual Messianic Command Structure. I = Chance that Isaiah's prophecy is unfolding.
P.S. "M" = 100
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