Francop, an arms ship seized by Israeli authorities near Cyprus Wednesday, anchors in the port of the Israeli city of Ashdod, Israel, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. Israeli commandos seized a ship Wednesday that defense officials said was carrying hundreds of tons of weapons from Iran bound for Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas, the largest arms shipment Israel has ever commandeered. AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 weeks ago

Francop, an arms ship seized by Israeli authorities near Cyprus Wednesday, anchors in the port of the Israeli city of Ashdod, Israel, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. Israeli commandos seized a ship Wednesday that defense officials said was carrying hundreds of tons of weapons from Iran bound for Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas, the largest arms shipment Israel has ever commandeered.

More Photos of

Explore Photos of Related Topics

  1. Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah is seen speaking via a video link as journalists listen to him during a press conference in which he read the group's new political manifesto, the second since Hezbollah was born in the early 1980s, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Monday Nov. 30, 2009. Nasrallah said Monday the group will continue to arm to face Israeli future threats adding that it will never recognize any peace agreement signed by Arab governments with the Jewish State. He added that "armed struggle" was the only way to gain back Arab lands captured by Israel in the past decades.
  2. Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, is seen speaking via a video link as journalists listen to him during a press conference in which he read the group's new political manifesto, the second since Hezbollah was born in the early 1980s, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Monday Nov. 30, 2009. Nasrallah said Monday the group will continue to arm to face Israeli future threats adding that it will never recognize any peace agreement signed by Arab governments with the Jewish State. He added that "armed struggle" was the only way to gain back Arab lands captured by Israel in the past decades.
  3. Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, is seen speaking via a video link as journalists listen to him during a press conference in which he read the group's new political manifesto, the second since Hezbollah was born in the early 1980s, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Monday Nov. 30, 2009. Nasrallah said Monday the group will continue to arm to face Israeli future threats adding that it will never recognize any peace agreement signed by Arab governments with the Jewish State. He added that "armed struggle" was the only way to gain back Arab lands captured by Israel in the past decades.
  4. Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah is seen speaking via a video link as journalists raise their hands to ask questions of him during a press conference in which he read the group's new political manifesto, the second since Hezbollah was born in the early 1980s, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Monday Nov. 30, 2009. Nasrallah said Monday the group will continue to arm to face Israeli future threats adding that it will never recognize any peace agreement signed by Arab governments with the Jewish State. He added that "armed struggle" was the only way to gain back Arab lands captured by Israel in the past decades.
  5. A journalist raises her hand to ask a question as Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speaks (on screen) during a news conference announcing the party's new political strategy in Beirut November 30, 2009. Lebanon's Hezbollah Shi'ite movement announced a new political strategy on Monday that tones down Islamic rhetoric but maintains a tough line against Israel and the United States.
  6. Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speaks via a giant screen during a news conference announcing party's new political strategy in Beirut November 30, 2009. Lebanon's Hezbollah Shi'ite movement announced a new political strategy on Monday that tones down Islamic rhetoric but maintains a tough line against Israel and the United States.
  7. Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speaks via a giant screen during a news conference announcing the party's new political strategy in Beirut November 30, 2009. Lebanon's Hezbollah Shi'ite movement announced a new political strategy on Monday that tones down Islamic rhetoric but maintains a tough line against Israel and the United States.
  8. FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009 file photo, Francop, an arms ship, that according to Israeli defense officials carried hundreds of tons of weapons from Iran bound for Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas and was seized by Israeli authorities near Cyprus, anchors in the port of the Israeli city of Ashdod, Israel. With cutting-edge anti-missile systems and two new submarines that can carry nuclear weapons, Israel is readying a new generation of armaments designed to defend itself against distant Iran as well as Tehran's proxy armies on its borders.
  9. JERUSALEM - NOVEMBER 15: Wearing protective suits, Israeli police evacuate the 'victim' of a chemical warfare terror attack at a shopping mall during a training exercise on November 15, 2009 in Jerusalem, Israel. With the Lebanese Hezbollah militia threatening that all of the Jewish State is in range of its missiles, and the Islamic group Hamas in Gaza test-firing missiles that can reach as far as Tel Aviv, Israeli security forces all over the country have held recently civil defence exercises with both mass casualty and chemical warfare scenarios.
  10. JERUSALEM - NOVEMBER 15: An ultra-Orthodox Jew plays the role of a fatality of a chemical warfare terror attack in the food court of a shopping mall during a training exercise on November 15, 2009 in Jerusalem, Israel. With the Lebanese Hezbollah militia threatening that all of the Jewish State is in range of its missiles, and the Islamic group Hamas in Gaza test-firing missiles that can reach as far as Tel Aviv, Israeli security forces all over the country have held recently civil defence exercises with both mass casualty and chemical warfare scenarios.
  11. JERUSALEM - NOVEMBER 15: Israeli rescue workers rush to wear their DuPont protective suits on arrival at a shopping mall at the start of a training exercise simulating a chemical warfare terror attack in the mall's food court on November 15, 2009 in Jerusalem, Israel. With the Lebanese Hezbollah militia threatening that all of the Jewish State is in range of its missiles, and the Islamic group Hamas in Gaza test-firing missiles that can reach as far as Tel Aviv, Israeli security forces all over the country have held recently civil defence exercises with both mass casualty and chemical warfare scenarios.
  12. JERUSALEM - NOVEMBER 15: An Israeli rescue worker wears a DuPont protective suit as she deploys outside a shopping mall during a training exercise simulating a chemical warfare terror attack in the mall's food court on November 15, 2009 in Jerusalem, Israel. With the Lebanese Hezbollah militia threatening that all of the Jewish State is in range of its missiles, and the Islamic group Hamas in Gaza test-firing missiles that can reach as far as Tel Aviv, Israeli security forces all over the country have held recently civil defence exercises with both mass casualty and chemical warfare scenarios.
  13. JERUSALEM - NOVEMBER 15: Wearing a protecive suit, an Israeli fireman looks for signs of life in an ultra-Orthodox Jew who plays the roles of a fatality of a chemical warfare terror attack in the food court of a shopping mall during a training exercise on November 15, 2009 in Jerusalem, Israel. With the Lebanese Hezbollah militia threatening that all of the Jewish State is in range of its missiles, and the Islamic group Hamas in Gaza test-firing missiles that can reach as far as Tel Aviv, Israeli security forces all over the country have held recently civil defence exercises with both mass casualty and chemical warfare scenarios.
  14. JERUSALEM - NOVEMBER 15: Ultra-Orthodox Jews play the roles of fatalities of a chemical warfare terror attack in the food court of a shopping mall during a training exercise on November 15, 2009 in Jerusalem, Israel. With the Lebanese Hezbollah militia threatening that all of the Jewish State is in range of its missiles, and the Islamic group Hamas in Gaza test-firing missiles that can reach as far as Tel Aviv, Israeli security forces all over the country have held recently civil defence exercises with both mass casualty and chemical warfare scenarios.
  15. JERUSALEM - NOVEMBER 15: Wearing protecive suits, Israeli police search for survivors amongst the ultra-Orthodox Jews who play the roles of fatalities of a chemical warfare terror attack in the food court of a shopping mall during a training exercise on November 15, 2009 in Jerusalem, Israel. With the Lebanese Hezbollah militia threatening that all of the Jewish State is in range of its missiles, and the Islamic group Hamas in Gaza test-firing missiles that can reach as far as Tel Aviv, Israeli security forces all over the country have held recently civil defence exercises with both mass casualty and chemical warfare scenarios.
  16. JERUSALEM - NOVEMBER 15: Wearing protective suits, Israeli police evacuate the 'victim' of a chemical warfare terror attack in a shopping mall during a training exercise on November 15, 2009 in Jerusalem, Israel. With the Lebanese Hezbollah militia threatening that all of the Jewish State is in range of its missiles, and the Islamic group Hamas in Gaza test-firing missiles that can reach as far as Tel Aviv, Israeli security forces all over the country have held recently civil defence exercises with both mass casualty and chemical warfare scenarios.

Recent Photos From The Wire

  1. Cuba's President Raul Castro attends a reception ceremony in for his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni at the Palace of the Revolution in Havana November 30, 2009.
  2. England's Jonny Wilkinson prepares to take a penalty against Australia during their international rugby union match at Twickenham Stadium in London in this November 7, 2009 file photo. Steve Black has won deserved plaudits for his work as a conditioning and performance mentor with the Wales rugby side and Newcastle United, Sunderland and Fulham soccer clubs. More notably Black, variously described as a coach, counsellor, strategist, facilitator and friend, was the inspiration behind Jonny Wilkinson, the man who drop-kicked England to the rugby World Cup in 2003. Picture taken November 7, 2009. To match INTERVIEW SPORT/BLACK.
  3. Cuba's President Raul Castro attends a reception ceremony in for his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni at the Palace of the Revolution in Havana November 30, 2009.
  4. People walk beside of a poster of Mexican writer Jose Emilio Pacheco at the International Book Fair in Guadalajara November 30, 2009. Pacheco has won the Cervantes Prize, the most prestigious literary award for writing in Spanish.
  5. THOUSAND OAKS, CA - NOVEMBER 30: A sign of Chevron and Tiger Woods emblem during the Chevron World Challenge preview at Sherwood Country Club on November 30, 2009 in Thousand Oaks, California.
  6. THOUSAND OAKS, CA - NOVEMBER 30: A sign of Tiger Woods in the parking area during the Chevron World Challenge preview at Sherwood Country Club on November 30, 2009 in Thousand Oaks, California.
  7. TORONTO - NOVEMBER 30: Mike Komisarek #8 of the Toronto Maple Leafs skates during warmup before playing the Buffalo Sabres November 30, 2009 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  8. THOUSAND OAKS, CA - NOVEMBER 30: Groundskeeper Tom Lynam prepares the main scoreboard before the Chevron World Challenge at Sherwood Country Club on November 30, 2009 in Thousand Oaks, California.
  9. TORONTO - NOVEMBER 30: Mike Komisarek #8 of the Toronto Maple Leafs stretches during warmup before playing the Buffalo Sabres November 30, 2009 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  10. THOUSAND OAKS, CA - NOVEMBER 30: A sign of Tiger Woods during the Chevron World Challenge preview at Sherwood Country Club on November 30, 2009 in Thousand Oaks, California.
  11. U.S. author Matthew Pearl poses for a photo during the International Book Fair in Guadalajara, Mexico, Monday, Nov. 30, 2009. Pearl will be presenting his new book "The Last Dickens" at the fair.
  12. A model wears a creation from Poland's top designer Michal Starost women's fashion collection entitled 'Tokyo Underground', presented in Warsaw, Poland, Monday, Nov. 30, 2009.
  13. A model wears a creation from Poland's top designer Michal Starost women's fashion collection entitled 'Tokyo Underground', presented in Warsaw, Poland, Monday, Nov. 30, 2009.
  14. A model wears a creation from Poland's top designer Michal Starost women's fashion collection entitled 'Tokyo Underground', presented in Warsaw, Poland, Monday, Nov. 30, 2009.
  15. A model wears a creation from Poland's top designer Michal Starost women's fashion collection entitled 'Tokyo Underground', presented in Warsaw, Poland, Monday, Nov. 30, 2009.
  16. A model wears a creation from Poland's top designer Michal Starost women's fashion collection entitled 'Tokyo Underground', presented in Warsaw, Poland, Monday, Nov. 30, 2009.