Recent news on the Arab-Israeli conflict

The Israeli navy intercepted yesterday an Antiguan vessel carrying hundreds of tons of Iranian weapons, including rockets, hand grenades, mortars and at least 3,000 missiles, allegedly intended for Hezbollah. The ship, Francop, was a 100 miles off the Irsaeli coast, and had "dozens of shipping containers, carrying numerous weapons, disguised as civilian cargo among hundreds of other containers on board". The crew was apparently unaware of the smuggling, and the Israeli military searched the Francop with the permission of its captain. A spokesperson said that "the weapons originate from Iran and were intended to reach the Hezbollah terror organization for use against the state of Israel and its citizens", but Iran and Syria have both rejected Israel's accusations. Hezbollah denied any link to the weapons, and accussed Israel of piracy in international waters.

Here's the link to the orginal article

BBC News - Israelis 'seize Iran arms ship'

Another article, where Hezbollah denies any link to the weapons.

BBC News - Hezbollah denies arms ship claims

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The "TNT" in "suicide bomber"

Recently, the FBI has been investigating about suicide bombers and their motives, as there have been a good number of attacks lately. Normally, one would think that suicide bombers are just people who want to damage our world, but we have to remember that they are still people on the inside. What could be the motives to drive someone to an action like that?

Recent studies have proven that there are 3 elements in the minds of young suicide bombers, wich have begun to be called TNT: Testosterone, Narrative and Theater. Testosterone is mentioned because the mindset that has arisen among them is dominated entirely by men. The narrative consists in that each of them has a story to tell and dreams to fulfill, even if those dreams are not the most innocent. And last but not least, each one of them wants to attract attention from the world by way of explosions.

If you want to know more about the study and their way of thinking, please visit:

http://www.newsweek.com/id/216401

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