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UAE seized N.Korea arms shipment bound for Iran
« on: August 29, 2009, 05:55:19 AM »
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UAE seized N.Korea arms shipment bound for Iran

28 Aug 2009 22:38:46 GMT
Source: Reuters
* Arms included rocket launchers, detonators, RPGs

* Seizure of shipment took place on Aug. 14

* Countries linked include Australia, France, Italy, China

By Louis Charbonneau

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 28 (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates has seized a cargo of North Korean weapons being shipped to Iran, which would have violated a U.N. embargo on arms exports from the communist state, Western diplomats said on Friday.

The weapons seized on Aug. 14 included rocket launchers, detonators, munitions and ammunition for rocket-propelled grenades, they said. The ship, called the ANL-Australia, was Australian-owned and flying a Bahamas flag.

Diplomats said the UAE reported the incident, which occurred two weeks ago, to the Security Council sanctions committee on North Korea. The committee sent letters to Tehran and Pyongyang on Aug. 25 informing them of the seizure and demanding a response within 15 days.

"Based on past experience ... we don't expect a very detailed response," one of the diplomats said on condition of anonymity.

The diplomats said the Australian firm whose ship was seized is controlled by a French conglomerate and the actual export was arranged by the Shanghai office of an Italian company. The diplomats did not name any of the firms involved.



The very next paragraph--at the link below--says that the manifests and the cargo didn't match.  Hmmm . . . I wonder what the NoKos response will be?

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N28380600.htm
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Re: UAE seized N.Korea arms shipment bound for Iran
« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2009, 08:25:37 AM »
Quote from: BlueStateSaint on August 29, 2009, 05:55:19 AM
. . . I wonder what the NoKos response will be?

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N28380600.htm

The same as Gomer Pyle, "Surprise...surprise."
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Re: UAE seized N.Korea arms shipment bound for Iran
« Reply #2 on: August 29, 2009, 11:06:51 PM »
The trick will be finding out where the weapons were loaded. Manifests can be faked.  You are going to have to go back and check all ports and everywhere the ship has been in the last couple of months.

Customs people get bribed all the time over in that part of the world.

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Re: UAE seized N.Korea arms shipment bound for Iran
« Reply #3 on: September 06, 2009, 08:40:25 PM »
Quote from: WMD Owl on August 29, 2009, 11:06:51 PM
Customs people get bribed all the time over in that part of the world.

Here too, if you consider all that dope that floods in  :-)
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