There were secret orders to be `` prepared '' to stop a cargo ship loaded with arms . The U.S. and Israel noticed the ship in the Persian Gulf diverted to Iraq to load up . They knew that if they stopped it, then there would be no way for them to get their hands on any weapons from Saddam Hussein's arsenal of chemical and biological agents.
There were secret orders to be `` prepared '' to stop a cargo ship loaded with arms . The U.S. and Israel noticed the ship in the Persian Gulf diverted to Iraq to load up . Israel wound up intercepting the ship and its cargo , identified as rockets and missiles .