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Anybody remember the ship that was stopped and boarded by the Spanish Navy in the spring of this year, and was found to be carrying NK missiles buried under a load of cement? The ship itself may have been NK, in fact, and I think the load was bound for Yemen. The missiles, of course, were not declared on the manifest.

The story disappeared quietly after a couple of days, but I wonder if it was connected with this.

The boat story was....the US tracked the ship from NK, all the way to the Indian Sea and as it appeared to head toward the Straits...they had the Spanish Navy who was on patrol...halt the vessel. The missiles were onboard, and the captain accused them of international piracy. Within a few hours, the Yemen government stepped up and said that they were their missiles and that the US needed to step out of this mess quickly. The Spanish Navy was confused by the whole mess, and finally, they released the cargo boat and it unloaded the missiles in Yemen. My guess is that the missiles are still in some warehouse along the port area. The Yemen idiot (premier or president)...likely got $10 million for stepping up to the plate, and has the missiles as trade items. The NK government likely got paid in cash already, and doesn't care what happens. My guess is that Yemen is hunting around Africa for a country to purchase these short range missiles....but no one is going to buy these. Syria is going to stay way out of this deal, as will Libya and Iran. Its hard to figure who will get a cut-rate deal on these missiles. They may very well sit in Yemen for five years before some nut in Afghanistan coughs up $20 million to get them.

As for the story disappearing...the mainstream press didn't care...no smoking gun and no apparent documents. Why report this whole thing?

Might you have referenced the "Stateless Vessel" (smuggling privateer) of North Korean origin?

The same "stateless vessel" which, after a short layover in a CHINESE port, departs with a NEWLY re-painted stern that conceals her true home port?