UAE seizes ship with weapons from North Korea bound for Iran, diplomats say

CNN ^ | August 28, 2009 | Richard Roth

[Saint Reagan]

NEW YORK (CNN) — The United Arab Emirates seized a ship carrying banned arms from North Korea to Iran, diplomats told CNN Friday.

The incident occurred in early August and was reported to the U.N. Security Council’s North Korea Sanctions committee, Western diplomats at the United Nations said. The diplomats did not disclose which country owned the vessel.

It also was not immediately clear whether this was the first time such an incident had happened, or only the first time such a case had been revealed.

A U.N. resolution passed in July imposes an embargo on the shipment of arms from North Korea and broadens a ban on the import of weapons by the regime. The resolution followed a nuclear test and the firing of six short-range rockets by the country in late May.

[Saint Reagan]

Interesting.

[Army Air Corps]

Ping.

[oneolcop]

As I've said before here: No ship or plane leaving North Korea or Iran should ever reach its destination. North Korean ship disappears at sea...Navy baffled...

[OldDeckHand]

Violation of UN Sanctions number 1,254,768 for Iran, and number 978,567 for North Korea - and what will happen to either of them? Hilary will be sending a strongly worded letter of protest. The UN will blame Israel, and George Bush.

[Colonel_Flagg]

Obama said to be ‘deeply disappointed’.

[SunkenCiv]

Here’s an idea — since North Korea is under sanctions, sink all NK-flagged ships after they enter international waters. Or better yet, while they’re still in port.

[Niuhuru]

The UN will get very angry, and they will send a letter telling them how angry they are.

[steveo]

Oh hey! I hear the Ice Cream Man.... BRB.

[EGPWS]

Hilary will be sending a strongly worded letter of protest.

With "deep personal disappointment" to boot.

[ReneeLynn]

Aww, and Bill promised no one would ever find out.

[EGPWS]

The UN will get very angry, and they will send a letter telling them how angry they are.

And if THAT doesn't work they will threaten them with a resolution, and if THAT doesn't work, they will blame GWB.

[RetroSexual]

Hilary will be sending a strongly worded letter of protest.

She'll have to clear that with Bill before she sends it.

[EGPWS]

The United Arab Emirates seized a ship carrying banned arms from North Korea to Iran, diplomats told CNN Friday.

Don't we have any submarines armed with torpedoes in the area?

[soycd]

I wonder why Obama’s elite anti-terrorism units did not find the illegal shipment first?

Clinton must be ticked that his hostage for arms deal was busted by the Arabs.

[OldDeckHand]

"Obama said to be ‘deeply disappointed’."

It's not the North Korea and Iran I thought I knew.

[JPG]

Kim Jong Mentally Il will run off a few billion more phony Franklin's in protest.

[Forgiven_Sinner]

“a ship carrying banned arms from North Korea to Iran”

NK to Iran. Evil, banned arms—say, it’s almost like an axis of evil!

Hmmm. Where did I hear that before?

[sonofstrangelove]

Very Interesting. Kudos to the UAE to step up to the plate and seize that ship.

[Polynikes]

I believe North Korea acted stupidly

[Polynikes]

I believe North Korea acted stupidly

[sonofstrangelove]

According to the BBC:

The UK-based Financial Times reported earlier on Friday that the ship was seized “some weeks ago”.

It said the armaments included rocket-propelled grenades.

The arms had been falsely labelled as “machine parts,” the Financial Times reported, adding that the vessel was still being held in the UAE.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8227991.stm

[Artemis Webb]

[bert]

here’s a good thread for those of you who require enlightenment to be considered marginally knowledgeable

[Candor7]

UAE seizure eh?

These weapons will be on the market next week.

I bet they all could be sold in a few days in Texas.

Just sayin' givin the way things have been goin'

[Rebelbase]

““machine parts,””

A step up from Baby Milk.

[VRWCTexan]

Sounds like a plan to me - just reroute them all to Texas - we will need them soon enough when forced to succeed from emperor obama’s evil empire

[VRWCTexan]

Many boat loads of ““machine parts,”” and so called “bicycle parts” have also made their way from Iran to Venezuela

[Candor7]

Well at least Texas will seal the bottom of the nation from being over run.

When O Day comes, we will get gun control, health care, control of talk radio,freezing off shore accounts, tax audits of political enemies, round up of "terrorists " ( conservatives) by homeland security. It will all happen so fast that no one will be able to stop it or even resist it.

Much of this will happen through executive order, with the Congress making the necessary laws after the fact.

If we do not stay calm enough, we won't have an election for the next 20 years, with martial law to chew on in the meanwhile.

And that's where this is all headed.

So when you say that Texas will secede, I take it without any grain of salt, That may be exactly what happens.

[VRWCTexan]

Indeed no salt is required - IMHO it is more than 50 / 50 that it will come down to just that

[Candor7]

Agreed, and I wished I lived in Bexar County instead of Vermont, but I will have tio take my knocks here , or head North.

Imagine, political refugees headed into Canada.

[garbanzo]

What wait? I was under the impression from the media elite that there was no axis of evil - that it was something Bush and Cheney made up to make Halliburton rich.

[G8 Diplomat]

Nice catch

[VRWCTexan]

TEX-LA-HOMA (Texas Louisiana and Oklahoma) would make a nice grouping - there would be a welcome for conservatives and patriot refuges from emperor obama’s other 54 states

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Obama said to be ‘deeply disappointed’.
______________________________________________

LOL! I have to laugh so I don’t cry. That’s a MUST for me these days.

[stevie_d_64]

I would consider another county...Away from urban strife...

Even though I live in one of the most populace counties in the state, we can vacate within 25-30 minutes from the word go, and we have a nice place to go to...

Just a thought...

BTW, I thought VT wasn’t all that bad...Wha happened??? ;-)

[AFPhys]

How many shipments have gotten through to Iran and Syria and other axis of evil components is what I want to know.

[sonofstrangelove]

Many. I am willing to bet that Mossad knows that answer to that question.

[sonofstrangelove]

I am wondering where all those munitions were heading. My guess their ultimate destination was to either Hezbollah and Hamas

[Rome2000]

This is the REPUBLICANS fault and if only George W Bush was a brilliant leader like FIDEL CASTRO this stuff would not be happening!!!

[Rome2000]

This is how you fix it.

Texas and maybe Louisiana secede and the marxists issue orders to bring them back.

The US Military instead rounds up the socialists and puts them on a plane to Cuba.

Provisional military government for 6 months, then new elections for all congressional seats and the WH, incumbents need not apply.

Only tax paying citizens and veterans are enfranchised in the new Republic.

All amendments other than the original bill of rights are repealed.

"Dueling" legalized within the Washington DC limits.

Problem solved

[sonofstrangelove]

“Dueling” should be legalized, period. All, you need is to sign a consent form and fire away. They may be problems with insurance comnpanies.

[EGPWS]

Jowls and Bush in the same post?

Wow....

Talk about the "positive and the negative" coming together at one point at the same time.

[BIGLOOK]

Or better yet, while they’re still in port.

Reganesque.....I concur.

[Candor7]

Sounds good to me, but who will be the new leader to bring it all about?

Where is the "coupe" leader??

John McCain? Sam DeMint? Tom DeLay? The JCS of the military?

I wish.

[Rome2000]

This whole "civilian" control of the military goes righ out the window when the "civilian" in control is a marxist crypto-muslim radical of dubious national origin.

The JCS and the military hold the real reins of power, the jokers at the White House and on capitol hill may get educated very shortly.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

Indeed. We can use the same language they always use when “real” economic data comes out.

It was “unexpected” that the ship suddenly sank. Hmmm.

[londonfog]

What a joke. The UAE has no navy. This is a total fabrication.

[sonofstrangelove]

The BBC seems to disagree with you. They have the same identical story.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8227991.stm

Here is something on the UAE Navy. Its based in Abu Dhabi:

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/gulf/uae-navy.htm

[DoorGunner]

>>”What a joke. The UAE has no navy. This is a total fabrication.”

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/gulf/uae-navy.htm

DG

p.s. Google is your friend.

[KJC1]

This does not surprise me at all.

When I was in the UAE a few years ago, I heard lots of concern on the street and in other converations about Iran getting aggressive. About IRAN, not the USA.

What many may not realize is that the UAE has invested billions into the tourism/business travel situation, plus they don’t want to get taken out in the midst of this fight.

This news makes lots of sense to me.