Ryongchon Explosion Occurred While Transporting Military Cargo? (Syria, WMD Connection)

www.independent.co.kr ^ | 05/07/04 | Yoo Hae-sung

[TigerLikesRooster]

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Ryongchon Explosion Occurred While Transporting Military Cargo?

Sankei Shimbun, a Japanese Daily, reported on 7th (of May, 2004), "In Ryongchon Blast, Syrian engineers were killed and wounded. A wagon carrying a large cargo had a particularly heavy damage, revealed on 6th (of May, 2004) by a military news source who has great expertise on Korean matters." According to the source, "the content of the cargo is unknown. However, after the accident, N. Korean military personnels in protective suits arrived at the scene, and recovered the remains of the destroyed wagon. We strongly suspect that the accident occurred while transporting a top-secret cargo between N. Korea and Syria."

The paper went on to say, citing the source, "Passengers in the wagon were engineers dispatched from Syria's Scientific Investigation and Research Center(CERS). CERS's goal is promoting science and technology. It is also suspected of a major involvement in the Syria's development of WMD's."

It also reported, "Engineers were in a separate compartment in a wagon from the cargo compartment. It is not clear whether the cargo was the primary source of the explosion or the secondary source after explosion from other wagons. However, it is true that this wagon had the most extensive damage. Close to 10 personnels of both Syrians and N. Koreans were either killed or wounded."

Syrian casualties went home via a Syrian transport plane on May 1st, which was there to pick up the cargo. All personnels involved in the transport (of Syrians), both Syrians and N. Koreans, were again wearing protective suits.

The paper further added, "The behaviors of N. Korea and Syria showed that this cargo is of utmost secret nature, which they never want to disclose. Countries like America suspect that N. Korea and Syria are cooperating the development of Syrian Scud D missiles or chemical weapons."

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[TigerLikesRooster]

A really interesting development on this story.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Can you confirm this report from Sankei?

[TigerLikesRooster]

Ping!

[Bogey78O]

Well this would support the conspiracy theory that it wasn't an accident.

[NaughtiusMaximus]

Hmmmmm . . .

[cyberaxe]

.....things that make you go.....

.....hhmmmmmm.....

[nuconvert]

WoW

Thanks for the ping

[wouldilie]

bttt

[DoctorMichael]

Bttt

[nwctwx]

Great find, bttt

[nuconvert]

N. Korea Pong

[eastforker]

Anybody want to bet we took it out before it could leave country?

[nwctwx]

you never know... such secrecy with this event (even more than normal with NK)

[The G Man]

Heh, they really was an "Axis" of evil!

[cripplecreek]

Seems that the MOAB projects of both North Korea and Iran still need work.

[OXENinFLA]

Well well, what do we have here?

[dufekin]

But where's Kim Jong-il? He hasn't been seen since the blast, has he?

In some ways, I hope that we didn't do this. After all, it was a terrible tragedy with thousands perhaps dead.

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

Axis of Evil!!

BTW your tagline is hilarious. I used to work in Skokie at the Old Orchard Montgomery Ward.

[Reo]

"Anybody want to bet we took it out before it could leave country?"

That was my first thought (and hope). I think of President Bush saying many of the battles of the War on Terror will take place in secret and never be known.

[NCjim]

Mark for later...