Posted on 02/27/2018 5:42:29 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
Japan suspects yet another North Korea sanctions breach at sea
Reuters Staff
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan has discovered another North Korean tanker it suspects of transferring goods with a vessel in defiance of U.N. Security Council resolutions, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
It was the fourth time Japan has suspected such an illegal transfer in recent weeks and comes as the Trump administration and key Asian allies prepare to expand interceptions of ships suspected of violating sanctions on North Korea.
North Korea last year conducted dozens of missile launches and its sixth and largest nuclear test as it pursues its goal of developing a nuclear armed missile capable of reaching the United States, triggering deeper U.N. Security Council sanctions.
The North Korean-flagged tanker “Chon Ma San”, designated by the United States as a sanction target, was spotted by a Japanese surveillance plane with the Maldivian-flagged tanker “Xin Yuan 18” some 250 km (156 miles) east of Shanghai on Saturday, the Foreign Ministry said in a release.
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Sink both vessels.
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Sink them from space, just to be sure!
Or, in the alternative, two torpedoes each, simultaneously. No distress messages. In the middle of the ocean, nobody gives a crap about them.
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“Japan has discovered another North Korean tanker it suspects of transferring goods”....
We’re seeing the desperation of N.Korea yet again....
No doubt these “goods” were going to Fat Boy and the Elites at the top of their food chain.
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