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Norks 'Earning $2 Billion a Year in Arms Deals with Iran' | |
2009-07-16 | |
North Korea earns over US$2 billion annually in arms deals with Iran, according to Larry Niksch, a specialist in Asian affairs with the U.S. Congressional Research Service. Niksch made the claim at a conference Tuesday hosted by the Cato Institute in Washington on China's role in North Korean affairs. He called on China to block flights between Pyongyang and Tehran in addition to financial sanctions against the Stalinist country.
Niksch said Iran, Syria, and Burma have recently become major customers of North Korea. Given the scale of arms deals between North Korea and Iran, China should block such deals by banning overflights, he said. He claimed all food aid from China to North Korea has been diverted to soldiers, and therefore if China reduces food aid to the North, this will have a substantial pressure effect. | |
Posted by:Steve White |
#1 ION IRAN, ISRAELI MIL FORUM > IRAN IN MASS PRODUCTION OF LR, SOLID-FUELED "SEJIL" SURAFCE MISSLES [SSMS]. PLANS > Approxi 200 a year,1000 by Year 2014 = five years. * SAME > TURKEY'S MARRIAGE [Nukulaar]WITH SYRIA ND IRAN/ TURKEY RE-ENTERS THE ARAB WORLD THRU THE "SYRIAN GATE". |
Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-07-16 00:29 |