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Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/us-navy-seizes-ak-47-assault-rifles-iran-houthis-yemen-rcna65027
U.S. Navy Intercepts 2,000 Assault Rifles Headed from Iran to Yemen
(NBC News) Courtney Kube - The U.S. Navy seized more than 2,000 assault rifles bound for Iranian-backed rebels in Yemen from a fishing boat Friday in the Gulf of Oman, U.S. Central Command said. "This shipment is part of a continued pattern of destabilizing activity from Iran," said Vice Adm. Brad Cooper. On Dec. 1, the U.S. seized more than 50 tons of ammunition, fuses and rocket propellant from a fishing vessel in the Gulf of Oman. A month earlier, the Navy intercepted an enormous Iranian shipment of explosive materials headed to Yemen.