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| US catches Chicoms transferring WMD tech to Iran |
| 2005-03-18 |
| The United States has charged that China continues to supply unconventional weaponry and dual-use technology to Iran, despite numerous appeals. Which the Chicoms probably blame on renegade companies. China has transferred components and expertise to Iran's weapons of mass destruction and missile programs, officials said. They said some of the Chinese components have arrived via Pakistan, another key ally of Beijing. The Paks are our schitzophrenic ally, too. "Unacceptable proliferant activity continues," Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control Stephen Rademaker told the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on March 10. "We are particularly concerned about continued transfers of CBW- and missile-related technology by Chinese entities to Iran, despite the imposition of sanctions." Sanctions will not work, with the Iranian, Pak, and Chicom Sanctions Busters working in harmony. The components were said to have included dual-use missile components, raw materials, and expertise to Iran's solid-fuel missile program. Officials said Beijing has also supplied dual-use chemical weapons-related production equipment and technology to Iran. A key Chinese supplier to Iran has been identified as Q.C. Chen, a Chinese national under U.S. sanctions since 1997. Officials said Beijing has failed to stop Chen, who has sold components to Iran's chemical weapons program. "We've failed to stop Chen after numerous calls. We give up. Nothing to be done. Sorry." Another leading Chinese proliferator to Iran and Sudan has been identified as China North Industries Corp., or Norinco. Officials said Beijing has not taken any steps to stop missile and WMD exports by Norinco to the Middle East. "We've failed to stop Norinco after numerous calls. We give up. Nothing to be done. Sorry." Officials said China has sold major weapons and components to oil-producing countries in the Middle East banned from receiving Western defense systems. They said Beijing has rebuffed U.S. appeals to halt the weapons supplies. "Screw you, capitalist running dogs!" In 2000, Congress formed the commission to investigate and report on national security implications of trade and economic relations between the United States and China. Since 2001, the United States has imposed 60 sanctions on Chinese entities in connection with missile and WMD sales to Iran. Obviously, sanctions do not work. The sanctioned companies must form new companies or change a name and they are back on track. Maybe Congress needs general trade sanctions with some teeth in them. Norinco was said to have supplied advanced weapons systems to Sudan as well as military training to quell the rebellions in the south and in the Darfour province. Norinco was a leading exhibitor at IDEX-2005, which took place in the United Arab Emirates in February. The Chicoms have been puttering around the Sudan for a while. It is all about oiiiiilll there. "Norinco has been particularly active in WMD-related transfers to Iran, resulting in the imposition of U.S. sanctions five times," Rademaker said. In 2004, China became a member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group and announced the imposition of penalties on two companies that violated Beijing's missile export regulations. China has also pledged to refrain from providing nuclear supplies to any country that does not honor safeguards of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Like one can trust their word. "China needs to do a consistently better job in identifying and denying risky exports, seeking out potential violators, and stopping problematic exports at the border," Rademaker said. "These issues matter to us because China's success in ending proliferation by Chinese entities is critical to ensuring that weapons of mass destruction do not end up in the hands of terrorists or rogue states prepared to use them." It is not our problem, say the Chicoms, as they accommodate the needs of their oil supplier Iran. |
| Posted by:Alaska Paul |
| #3 Off the meds again? |
| Posted by: Spaimble Hupaiper3886 2005-03-18 11:35:27 PM |
| #2 Huh? |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2005-03-18 11:10:59 PM |
| #1 Yeah, Right-t-t-t - its about as funny as Russia proclaiming that they won't and don't help anyone build nuke weapons, and that Russia and China are staying Communist or Communist-controlled/centric because the Cold War is over and Communism is dead and they're all friends with the USA-NATO now!? SSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH - no Commies or enemies of the USA, only "Regulators", assorted Betty Crocker=crats, and the Party of Prudence, Protection, and Protectionism,...etc.; Regulation and Super-regulation is good for Baby, Grandma, Lassie and Empire - by "empire" they mean Mackinder's World Island Empire, aka Communist Asia, not Amerika/USSA!? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2005-03-18 11:02:28 PM |