ARAB-TURKISH RELATIONS - June 3 - Egypt-Bound Contraband Missile Heads Found.(Brief Article)

From: APS Diplomat Recorder | Date: June 5, 2004 | Copyright information

Turkish State Minister Kursad Tuzmen says the authorities have found a radio-controlled missile and missile heads among contraband military equipment in containers unloaded at the Ambarli customs area in Istanbul, shipped from Ukraine and bound for Egypt. He says: "So far we have found a radio-controlled missile, along with its launchers, and missile heads. We are continuing the investigation". (Tuzmen, who holds the foreign trade portfolio, refuses to elaborate on what was exactly in the containers, but says they included "weapons which can be described as sophisticated"). He ...

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