Posted on 07/05/2009 11:06:58 AM PDT by AJKauf
At this moment, the Kang Nam, a tramp freighter, looks as if it is heading back to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. It left the North Korean port of Nampo on June 17 and, after hugging the Chinese coast, made it as far south as the waters off Vietnam. At the end of last month, the rusting ship made a U-turn on the high seas and set a course for China. According to most reports, the North Korean freighter was on its way to Burma. This saga is not over, but it’s clear the Kang Nam will not, at least on this voyage, be delivering its cargo.
And what would that cargo be? Some speculate the rust bucket is carrying missiles like the seven Scuds Pyongyang tested on July 4. Others believe the Kang Nam is transporting only automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenade launchers. Any shipment of weapons, even handguns, would be a violation of Security Council Resolution 1874, unanimously adopted on June 12. The United States wants to make sure that any illicit material stays on board and has had destroyers, submarines, aircraft, and satellites keep watch on the rust bucket as it meandered in Asian waters.
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This ship was a diversion and meant to embarass the US if we boarded her.
I am confident that there were no weapons on board.
No “incident at sea”, no calls for war against the US for ‘Piracy’
So Kim-Ill Long John Sliver folded his figurative tent and went back home.
I totally agree with your suspicion. I thought it was a honey pot as well.
Yes, to give credit where due, it looks like President 0bama handled it right, via diplomacy with Rangoon and those along the route, rather than fall for it.
Mr. Chang is näive to believe “the U-turn is a sure sign the vessel was carrying contraband,” and though he makes some good points, I’m not certain what he believes would have been a better approach.
LLS
Somebody in China got richer at US taxpayer expense, and obama got one crisis resolved- for now.
Maybe NK is leading the One on a Wild Goose Chase, so to speak. Maybe there’s nothing on that old piece of Sh*t derelict ship. Maybe the N. Koreans have read and mastered the One’s policies, or lack of them? Maybe the old stroke victim N. Korean leader is more of a man and leader than our Pres. ever hoped to be or is IS????
There is a boxing term for a weak jab that is thrown not to do damage, but to measure distance.
Get ready for the right hook.
N Korea intimidated by Hussein?? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
How did they surveillance it after dark???
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