Posted on 05/09/2019 10:14:47 AM PDT by C19fan
The Trump administration says it has seized a North Korean cargo ship that U.S. officials say was used to transport coal in violation of international sanctions.
The Justice Department announced the seizure Thursday of the Wise Honest. The ship was detained by Indonesia last month with two dozen crew members on board.
U.S. officials say payments for maintenance and equipment for the ship were made unwittingly in American dollars through U.S. banks.
The announcement was made at a time of tension between the two countries.
It came hours after North Korea fired two suspected short-range missiles in its second weapons launch in five days.
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Will trade for USS Pueblo.
It’s getting interesting. Kabuki.
There are doings a transpiring :)
Norklandia will retaliate.
That is certain.
Commercial vessels that are US flagged are at HIGH RISK anywhere within 500 miles of Norklandia.
Of course the US Navy knows that.
bttt
Were the U.S. Dollars counterfiet? NK is big into printing funnymoney.
“Will trade for USS Pueblo.”
I had a friend who was captured on USS Pueblo.
He died about a dozen years back. It would be good to get the Pueblo back.
Saluting your buddy.
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