ok. This is a tricky wicket. Or is that a sticky wicket? The mystery DEEPENS.
So last summer a ship called "The Arctic Sea" which is a fucking stupid name for a ship because it makes every goddamn thing you read about it that much more confusing, is a Russian timber ship that leaves Finland with a crew of 15, and then disappears.
Then reappears off the coast of West Africa, Moscow announces they've captured the hijackers and rescued the crew. In the interim rumors fly about a possible weapons delivery for Iran, Russian denies that there are missiles on the boat.
A bunch of men are charged, plead guilty as part of a plea deal, then someone starts to talk, changing the official story, saying something closer to the idea that there were no hijackers, in fact, they had been rescued by the ship. Someone uses the phrase "set up". What?
And then to complete the bizarre story:
Also last September, a senior figure close to Israeli intelligence told the BBC that Israel had been linked to the interception of the Arctic Sea.
The source said Israel had told Moscow it knew the ship was secretly carrying a Russian air defence system for Iran. There has been no official confirmation of the report.
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