(AMERICAN)-ISRAELI SPARE PARTS TO IRAN?

It is possible that the U.S. seduction of Iran has taken an all-too-familiar ring: weapons for cooperation. (Remember Iran-Contra?) In late August, German customs officials stopped an Israeli ship which was carrying spare parts for tanks and which was heading to Iran. The Israeli ship had declared Thailand as its final destination, a camouflage uncovered by the Germans. The Germans had signalled their opposition to U.S. intent to invade Iraq. The invasion could threaten their increasingly extensive commercial interests in that region, and that of their European community partner, France.