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| Iran 'Bought Masses of Nork Arms' | ||
| 2009-12-04 | ||
To avoid international pursuit, the North Korean weapons were "shipped halfway around the globe in sealed containers, labeled as oil-drilling supplies, that passed through a succession of freighters and ports," including China, Southeast Asia and the Dubai free trade zone, before reaching Iran, it said. One example was a shipment of North Korean weapons aboard the ANL Australia which was confiscated by United Arab Emirates authorities on July 22. According to U.S. and UN officials, the ship carried 2,030 detonators for 122 mm multiple rocket launchers, as well as electric circuitry and solid-fuel propellant for rockets, which Hamas and Hezbollah use when attacking Israel. The U.A.E. made no official announcement, but the paper said the shipment of North Korean weapons consisted of 10 cargo containers. They left the North Korean port of Nampo on May 30, five days after the North's second nuclear test on May 25 and before the UN Security Council adopted a fresh resolution sanctioning the North. The UNSC adopted Resolution 1874 on June 12, extending the arms embargo on North Korea and authorizing member states to inspect its cargo on land, sea, and air. By that time, the vessel carrying the arms had already arrived in China. The containers were transferred to a Chinese ship in the northern port of Dalian on June 13. From there, they were ferried to Shanghai, where they were moved to a third ship, the ANL Australia, a 47,326 ton freighter. They were finally discovered at the port of Khor Fakkan in the U.A.E. The officials claimed that there were as many as five such smuggling attempts since early this year.
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #5 Maintenance of fundamental ANTI-American values, trumps the protection of millions of American lives. Fixed it for ya - no charge. Why does Obumble feel that we have to apologize for defending American lives, our freedoms, and our way of life? Unless of course he is against all that. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2009-12-04 18:53 |
| #4 yes, but 'Bama says: "the United States doesn't dictate the nuclear policies of other countries." Ergo: the ayatollahs - who believe this is "the end of days" have a right to develop and site nuclear tipped ICBMs, and target them at the US Homeland. And, pre-emption is un-American. Maintenance of fundamental American values, trumps the protection of millions of American lives. Lesson: you get what you vote for. Not that Bush Jr didn't kiss muslim butt. |
| Posted by: Javiper Lumumba2679 2009-12-04 14:07 |
| #3 ...I don't know what's worse: the fact that for all the Iranian claims of building stealth hypersonic plasma-drive underwater rocket planes, they still have to buy basic weaponry from the Norks...or the fact that they seem to think they're gonna need all this stuff. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2009-12-04 07:49 |
| #2 Which country is most annoying/trouble out of North Korea,Iran and Pakistan? The true axis of evil! Or are they just proxies for China,Russia and Saudi? |
| Posted by: Paul2 2009-12-04 07:20 |
| #1 TOPIX > UN COMPLETES NUCLEAR SEISMIC WARNING STATION NEAR IRAN BORDER. * SAME > NORTH KOREA GETS EVEN HUNGRIER + NORTH KOREA ARMY ON ALERT FOR MORE UNREST. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-12-04 00:40 |