The Israeli navy sold a Palestinian weapons ship it seized to an Indian buyer for scrap metal. The Karine-A weapons ship set sail for India from a navy base in Eilat this week, Israel Radio reported. In January 2002, Israeli navy commandos seized the Karine-A ship, loaded with some 80 tons of weapons from Iran bound for the Palestinian Authority.
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