Was Russia's "hijacked" cargo ship Arctic Sea secretly carrying missiles to the Middle East? Consider this:

"The most likely explanation is that the Israelis intercepted this cargo, which had been meant for Syria or Iran," says Yulya Latynina, a prominent political commentator and radio host on Echo of Moscow, a station owned by state-controlled gas giant Gazprom. "They will now use the incident as a bargaining chip with Russia over weapons sales in the region, while allowing Russia to save face by taking its empty ship back home."

Things are never what they seem on the high seas, apparently. Read the whole thing for the details. I am pretty convinced after hearing all this that Israel caught Russia. Hopefully their tact in handling the situation will help prevent situations like this from happening again. Or, more likely, Russia will just smuggle the weapons over the Caucasus Mountains next time...