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The final destination of the Faina's weapons is in dispute. Kenyan
officials claim the weapons are for domestic use, but American
defense officials, Western diplomats and a Kenyan maritime official
have said the weapons were intended for southern Sudan. The Kenyan maritime official, Andrew Mwangura, was arrested late Wednesday and charged with making inflammatory statements. He was the first official to say the weapons were intended for Sudan. Kenya has been embarrassed by claims the arms were headed to Sudan because it helped broker an end to Sudan's north-south war in 2005. In Ukraine, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko -- who is locked in a political battle with the president
-- called for an investigation into the true destination of the weapons. Despite the Somali government's authorization to use force against the pirates, U.S. Defense Department spokesman Bryan Whitman declined to comment on any possible military operations In the past, the U.S. military has launched air strikes in Somalia and is known to have secretly sent special forces into Somalia to go after militants linked to al-Qaida. ___ On the Net: USS Howard: http://www.howard.navy.mil/default.aspx
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