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Panama stops North Korean ship carrying missile material from Cuba
AFP via Fox News ^
| July 16, 2013
Posted on 07/16/2013 7:24:45 AM PDT by don-o
Panama stopped a North Korean vessel that President Ricardo Martinelli said had sailed from Cuba and tried to illegally sneak suspected sophisticated missile material through the Panama Canal.
"The world needs to sit up and take note: you cannot go around shipping undeclared weapons of war through the Panama Canal," Martinelli said, noting that the ship had been inspected to rule out drugs and was found to have other cargo of greater concern.
"We had suspected this ship, which was coming from Cuba and headed to North Korea, might have drugs aboard so it was brought into port for search and inspection," on the Atlantic coast of the country, the president said on Radio Panama on Monday.
"When we started to unload the shipment of sugar we located containers that we believe to be sophisticated missile equipment, and that is not allowed," Martinelli stressed, describing a dramatic scene in which he said the ship's captain tried to kill himself.
"The captain has tried to commit suicide, and the crew also rioted," when police moved in, Martinelli said. "So we are holding this vessel for further investigation."
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cuba; cubanorthkorea; northkorea; obamafail; panama
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posted on
07/16/2013 7:24:45 AM PDT
by
don-o
To: don-o
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posted on
07/16/2013 7:26:25 AM PDT
by
SueRae
(It isn't over. In God We Trust.)
To: SueRae
Time for another sternly worded letter.
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posted on
07/16/2013 7:28:17 AM PDT
by
don-o
(He will not share His glory, and He will not be mocked! Blessed be the Name of the Lord forever!)
To: don-o
“..sophisticated missile equipment...” from Cuba?????
What did they pack it in, a 1953 Chevy frame?
To: don-o
Would these missiles be 50-60 years old by now? Of course, they won’t have to fly far to hit Seoul.
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posted on
07/16/2013 7:36:01 AM PDT
by
OrangeHoof
(Howdy to all you government agents spying on me.)
To: don-o
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posted on
07/16/2013 7:37:01 AM PDT
by
Pan_Yan
(I believe in God. All else is dubious.)
To: OrangeHoof
Who knows what the Russkies may have stashed there over the years?
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posted on
07/16/2013 7:37:44 AM PDT
by
don-o
(He will not share His glory, and He will not be mocked! Blessed be the Name of the Lord forever!)
To: Pan_Yan
Sorry. Did a search and did not find it. Diff title and all.
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posted on
07/16/2013 7:38:57 AM PDT
by
don-o
(He will not share His glory, and He will not be mocked! Blessed be the Name of the Lord forever!)
To: don-o
Names please...Woo Flung Dung or Ikotsertitsoff?
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posted on
07/16/2013 7:56:22 AM PDT
by
yoe
("They Come To America" order it now: http://www.theycometoamerica.com/buy-dvd/)
To: don-o
I wonder how much of this stuff they don't catch.
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posted on
07/16/2013 8:19:06 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: don-o
Sorry. Did a search and did not find it. Diff title and all.No need to apologize. Different articles with different information. I was just cross referencing.
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posted on
07/16/2013 8:19:47 AM PDT
by
Pan_Yan
(I believe in God. All else is dubious.)
To: OrangeHoof
Probably the missiles are new and are from Iran, being shipped through VZ and transhipped through Cuba to N K.
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posted on
07/16/2013 8:23:07 AM PDT
by
livius
To: don-o
Sounds a little like the plot for Forstchen’s “One Second After.”
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posted on
07/16/2013 8:23:25 AM PDT
by
Antioch
(Benedikt Gott Geschickt)
To: don-o
Kinda makes ya wonder how many they missed....
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posted on
07/16/2013 9:12:08 AM PDT
by
b4its2late
(A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
To: b4its2late
how many they missed.... And how long they have been missing them.
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posted on
07/16/2013 9:15:14 AM PDT
by
don-o
(He will not share His glory, and He will not be mocked! Blessed be the Name of the Lord forever!)
To: OrangeHoof
Would these missiles be 50-60 years old by now? That's assuming they are left over from the 60's.
It is just as likely they were manufactured more recently, and Cuba was only the middle-man.
It will be very interesting to determine the origin. I strongly suspect this is a SCUD. The question is whether the Russians will admit who they sold it to.
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posted on
07/16/2013 9:26:39 AM PDT
by
justlurking
(tagline removed, as demanded by Admin Moderator)
To: don-o
the ship's captain tried to kill himself Might as well since he's probably got a bullet waiting for him in Pyongyang.
To: JCBontheloose
He should only hope for a bullet.
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posted on
07/16/2013 11:10:46 AM PDT
by
SpinnerWebb
(In 2012 you will awaken from your HOPEnosis and have no recollection of this... "Constitution")
To: justlurking
To: mad_as_he$$
That pic is just a part of a fire control radar.
Electronics. Pretty tame.
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posted on
07/16/2013 12:02:18 PM PDT
by
Southack
(Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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