Sweden blocks suspect Middle East-bound Turkish cargo ship carrying 'Rockets and explosives' in port.

Sweden blocks suspect Middle East-bound Turkish cargo ship 'carrying 'Rockets and explosives' in port. (TheLocal).

The Panamanian-flagged Whiskey Trio, belonging to a Turkish company called Trio Shipping, has remained at the Varberg port in Halland county since Friday.

Thomas Åström, a senior official at the Swedish Transport Agency told AFP: "We are prohibiting them from leaving port, mainly for safety reasons, but also because of the working conditions for the crew."


The transport workers' union (transportarbetareförbundet) on its website decried "a rusty ship with poverty wages", which it said was "laden with rockets and explosives".

The authorities did however speak of multiple breaches of safety rules, notably in the areas of fire safety and safety and rescue equipment.

"When we came the crew were having breakfast. They were eating old, dry bread which they tried to toast, olives and tea. It was horrible to see," he said.

According to Larsson the ship's final destination was the Middle East.


According to reliable information the HN however, there was military equipment, including weapons of type MK36. The ship should have gone in for loading in Sheernes, and then go on to Varberg and then the Netherlands, Belgium, and Montenegro. According to HN information shall be the final goal of the vessel being Yemen and Oman on the Arabian Peninsula. -

I get so worried, first they load the boat with rockets and explosives and then they are not allowed to leave. It's fortunate we were able to help these people because otherwise you don't know what would have happened. Perhaps they would have exploded in the middle of the sea," he said. Read the full story here.

'Turkish authorities have not provided any information about the MIT trucks' : UN.

'Turkish authorities have not provided any information about the MIT trucks' : UN. (TZ).

Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, said the UN's policy regarding the Syria crisis has been very clear from the very start and prefers a peaceful settlement of the conflict.

"The fundamental principle of the secretary-general is definite. The UN supports peace-oriented acts for resolution of the conflict in Syria. The UN is against arms shipment to any of the warring sides in Syria," he said in a statement on Tuesday. 

Dujarric also said the Turkish authorities have not provided any information about the trucks, which belonged to Turkey's National Intelligence Organization (MİT) -- neither to officials at the UN or the office of the UN secretary-general. 

The revelation of a truck loaded with ammunition and missiles in the southern Turkish province of Adana sparked a political crisis in Turkey, with opposition parties accusing the government of sending arms to radical groups in Syria. The government has, however, denied such allegations, insisting that the weapons-loaded trucks were destined for Turkmen in Syria. Story which the Turkmen deny. Hmmm....After arming both sides since 2010 the UN Claims they are against this. Read the full story here.

Turkish-supplied antibiotics for Syrian jihadists. http://t.co/DXBr0iHWqG pic.twitter.com/eCP4yiI6MU

— Jonathan Schanzer (@JSchanzer) May 29, 2015

Turkish PM admits arms shipment says ’aid’ was for Turkmens; Syrian-Turkmen Assembly Vice Chairman denies 'Aid' claim.

Turkish PM admits arms shipment says ’aid’ was for Turkmens; Syrian-Turkmen Assembly Vice Chairman denies 'Aid' claim.(TZ).

In what appears to be an acknowledgment of an arms shipment to Syria by Turkey's intelligence organization's trucks, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has said the “aid” carried by those trucks was intended for Turkmens in the war-torn country. 

 “Yes, I am saying this without any hesitation. That aid was going to the Turkmens. There will be a war next door and we will watch our Turkmen, Arab and Kurdish brothers being massacred. Really?” Davutoğlu asked during a rally in Ankara on Saturday.

Commenting on Davutoğlu's statement on Twitter on Saturday, Dündar said the prime minister's statements were a confession. “Davutoğlu admitted the arms shipment. He said they were intended for Turkmens. The Turkmens also have something to say. For tomorrow,” Dündar tweeted, signaling that the Cumhuriyet daily will report on comments from Turkmens on Sunday.

Flashback January 2014:

Syrian-Turkmen Assembly Vice Chairman Hussein al-Abdullah said on Saturday that no such trucks have come from Turkey and the Turkmen do not use the route on which the truck in question was stopped in Hatay. “We have never received aid or weapons from Turkey,” Abdullah stated.

Vice Chairman Abdurrahman Mustafa also said that he has no information about an aid truck from Turkey and that all he knows about it he read in newspapers. Hmmmm......nasty thing that internet, keeps track of everything said. Read the full story here.