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Iran cargo ship visits port in North Korea, Seoul aide says
JoongAng Daily ^
| 07/09/2003
| JoongAng Daily
Posted on 07/09/2003 2:14:26 AM PDT by thierrya
Iran cargo ship visits port in North Korea, Seoul aide says
Intelligence sources here said yesterday that a large Iranian cargo ship presumed to be a military equipment transport ship recently entered a North Korean Yellow Sea port. The revelation comes as concerns mount about North Korean arms trade, especially with Iran. This is the first Iranian ship to call at a North Korean port in a year. An intelligence official said the ship arrived last week at Haeju harbor and is still docked there. Haeju is about 120 kilometers (75 miles) northwest of Seoul. °?There was a precedent last year when an Iranian cargo ship entered the North°Øs Nampo harbor and then moved to Wonsan,°± the official said. °?There the ship was loaded with semi-submersible craft and small patrol vessels. The ship went back to Iran via Tianjin, China.°± The official speculated that the Iranian ship would load small patrol boats there or perhaps move to Songrim nearby to take on radar equipment or other goods. A radar manufacturing facility is located near Songrim. The timing of the Iranian cargo ship°Øs visit was a sensitive one for South Korean and U.S. intelligence officials. The United States has been trying to assemble a coalition with 10 other governments to interdict North Korean drug and weapons shipments, especially weapons of mass destruction. Interested governments are scheduled to meet in Australia today to refine those plans. In mid June, JoongAng newspapers reported that Iranian IL-76 cargo planes had made six trips to North Korea since April to transport what were suspected to be missiles.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iran; military; northkorea; waronterror
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posted on
07/09/2003 2:14:27 AM PDT
by
thierrya
To: thierrya
So when does the Blockade start?
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07/09/2003 3:51:06 AM PDT
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posted on
07/09/2003 3:51:41 AM PDT
by
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To: thierrya
2 words: Sink it.
4
posted on
07/09/2003 4:55:59 AM PDT
by
appalachian_dweller
(Character is doing the right thing when nobody is looking. – JC Watts)
To: appalachian_dweller
All of them..
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posted on
07/09/2003 7:27:26 AM PDT
by
ewing
To: appalachian_dweller
3 words: Sink it now!
To: Semper Paratus
It'll be a tense voyage home.
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posted on
07/09/2003 8:11:32 AM PDT
by
CaptRon
To: Semper Paratus
5 words:
"Open outer doors" Fire one!"
8
posted on
07/09/2003 8:13:19 AM PDT
by
CaptRon
To: thierrya
"Set torpedo depth for 10 feet."
"Aye, Captain."
"Fire One."
"One away, Captain."
"Let's not waste anymore torpedoes on these rats. Surface and man the twenty mm. cannon."
"Aye, aye, Captain."
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posted on
07/09/2003 11:08:16 AM PDT
by
ex-Texan
(My tag line is broken !)
To: thierrya
It's it sad how far off Bush was on his 'Axis of Evil' thing? I mean, it's not like these countries are working together and helping each other out. They're like, different countries, man. He just threw in North Korea as window dressing, so that his whole Axis wouldn't be Islamic. Jeez, what an ignoramus he is.
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posted on
07/09/2003 6:31:46 PM PDT
by
Steel Wolf
(Stop reading my tagline.)
To: Steel Wolf
The axis of evil is a reality, isn't 'it ?
Your duty is to convince the rest of the world, including my shitty country, before it's too late....
George W. is so right about this, and he's the only one, don't forget about this, he's a brave and courageous man....
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posted on
07/09/2003 6:49:34 PM PDT
by
thierrya
To: appalachian_dweller
It's Bush's fault. If he hadn't put them both in the "Axis of Evil," they would be behaving right now.
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posted on
07/09/2003 6:54:48 PM PDT
by
Guillermo
(Proud Infidel)
To: Steel Wolf
LOL! I wrote what I wrote before I read what you wrote.
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posted on
07/09/2003 6:56:42 PM PDT
by
Guillermo
(Proud Infidel)
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