Times lists Iranian efforts to dodge sanctions

And people wonder why ships are not given a free pass into Gaza.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/08/world/middleeast/08sanctions.html?pagewanted=1&exprod=myyahoo&adxnnlx=1276005615-BmUKWgpoo/s/LJzOphIiXw

Just days after the United Nations enacted the 2008 inspection provision, for instance, an Irisl cargo ship bound for Turkey suddenly made a high-speed, high-seas dash up the Mediterranean to the port of Latakia, Syria. The chase came after a NATO ship, which had been tipped off that the vessel might be carrying weapons, questioned its cargo, according to an account by government officials of the episode, which was previously unreported.

Next, Iran began using chartered ships from other countries, ones less likely to raise red flags. But that tactic ultimately backfired when the non-Iranian crews cooperated with requests to inspect the cargo. In three boardings, two by the United States Navy and one by Israeli commandos, authorities said they had discovered a virtual arms bazaar, including thousands of Katyusha rockets, grenades and mortar shells, believed to be intended for Hezbollah.

New Flags and Names

By the time the United States placed Irisl