21.   For example, government officials said, people at Al-Barakaat arranged for an arms shipment to people linked to al-Qaida.

22.   Had the arms shipment gotten through, Israel would have retained overwhelming firepower.

23.   In a secret report the IOB eventually cleared Galbraith, as well as the White House, of any wrongdoing on the arms shipments.

24.   Israel accuses Shobaki of arranging an arms shipment from Iran that was intercepted by Israeli forces in the Red Sea in January.

25.   Israel accuses Shubaki of arranging an arms shipment from Iran that was intercepted by Israel in the Red Sea in January.

26.   Israeli and American intelligence officers said Shobaki was one of the Palestinian Authority officials who arranged the arms shipment with Iran.

27.   Iran also has denied any involvement with the Palestinians or the arms shipments.

28.   Israel also wants custody of an Arafat associate accused of arranging an arms shipment from Iran.

29.   It is a transit point for arms shipments from Iran that flow up through the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon to Hezbollah and other terrorist organizations attacking Israel.

30.   It is a transit point for arms shipments from Iran that flow to Hezbollah and other terrorist organizations attacking Israel.