(June 26, 2016) - Six cargo ships or container carriers carrying weapons for ISIL in Libya left Turkish ports in mid-may having been located and identified by UK and French intelligence agents active in Turkey.
These large ships can carry over 10,000 tons of freight. They are two container carriers flying Turkish and Liberian flags and three cargo ships flying the Panamian, Bolivian, Tanzanian flags and a livestock carrier registered in the Comoros.
Each of them apparently conceals amid its cargo small caliber weapons for ISIL militias. After leaving a Turkish port each of the ships probably extinguished its GPS and it will be difficult to locate even with satellites above them.
"They were unable to flee via the Suez Canal or via Gibraltar. They are forced to circle in the Mediterranean. That's a major sensitive operation" a security source said to French newspaper Le Figaro.
According to the local sources it is almost impossible to know how is behind the ships: "Turkish Smugglers? Special services? I don't know" source said.
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