Japanese TV SCOOP (NNN-Network) On N. Korean Cargo Filled With Weaponry Stopped in Thailand

NNN (Nihon Television) Network, Japan (Evening News) ^ | 16 December 2009 | AmericanInTokyo

[PGalt]

Thanks for the ping; GRRRREAT post/thread. BTTT!

[GOPJ]

Thanks - it’s predictable - the Iranians are playing for time... us for fools.

[GOPJ]

Anyone get the tail number of the aircraft? It might be one of the same ones who have hauled cargoes for the US military. I've seen one of those, in the Ukrainian livery, on the ramp at Gray Army Airfield, Ft. Hood. when I flying into the Killeen airport, which uses the same runways.

Why would a Ukrainian plane be hauling goods for the US military?

[GOPJ]

The BILL OF LADING was issued by AIR KORYO the national flag carrier for North Korea (and used in the past for espionage and smuggling). 4. The crews then went over to the Air Koryo sales office in Bangkok and burst into the door, confronting a North Korean local employee, showing him video of what they had taken. He got nervous, angry, showed them the door and only said "this must be a fake document. That is not ours". 5. Meanwhile, the crew said they were heading for Ukraine with the massive cargo of weaponry. However, the Japanese TV crew was at it again, they got a close look at the Bill of Lading with the destination, filmed it, and reaired it.

It was clearly handrwitten in English on the sheet "MEHRABAD AIRPORT" (Teheran),فرودگاه مهرآباد (IATA Code: THR) is an airport that serves Teheran, Iran. This airport is close to the city center of Teheran and is not used widely for commercial international arrivals and departures, and is also shared by the Iranian military.

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[G8 Diplomat]

Thanks for the ping.

The Norks get busted carrying Iranian weapons agains. The got caught doing this off the coast of the UAE a few months ago.

[El Gato]

Why would a Ukrainian plane be hauling goods for the US military?

Under contract, to make money, just like they do for anyone else, the dirty capitalist pigs.

Like I said, not only did I read about them doing that, I saw one on a the ramp at a US Military base.

[AmericanInTokyo]

From One Free Korea:

We also learn that the aircraft was leased by Auckland, New Zealand-based SP Trading Company, and that the lease agreement lists one “Lu Zhang” as its Director. The WSJ couldn’t track down anyone from SP Trading to get their side of it, and reporters couldn’t get access to the floor of the building where its New Zealand office is supposed to exist. SP Trading has one New Zealand shareholder and its company offices (or, according to this report, its parent company’s offices) are located in Vanuatu. If the plane was indeed carrying ballistic missile parts, it would violate all three U.N. Security Council Resolutions sanctioning North Korea’s arms trade: 1695, 1718, and 1874 (see sidebar for the texts). From the Washington Times, we also learn that the Chinese — their promises to cooperate with international sanctions notwithstanding — allowed the aircraft to pass through their airspace: Larry A. Niksch, a specialist in Asian affairs at the Congressional Research Service who monitors North Korea’s proliferation activities, said the Bangkok seizure raises serious questions about China’s role. “Two-thirds of the flight path of that plane was over Chinese territory,” he said. “It should have raised Chinese suspicions.” The Obama administration brought up concerns about North Korean use of Chinese airspace for arms exports this summer - shortly after the adoption of a U.N. Security Council resolution banning such transfers - but has yet to receive a meaningful response, U.S. officials said. “North Korean proliferation by air is an important matter for us, and [Philip] Goldberg brought it up during his meetings in July,” said one official, referring to an Asia trip by the State Department envoy for the implementation of Resolution 1874. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was discussing private diplomatic communications. The resolution, which China supported, lists detailed procedures on how to deal with suspicious vessels and illegal cargo on the high seas, but it is somewhat vague when it comes to air cargo. In most cases, regardless of the destination of a flight originating in North Korea, it would have to refuel in China or at least fly over its territory, Mr. Niksch said. China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency quoted officials in Beijing in July as saying that inspections of air cargo should be carried out only if there is specific evidence of wrongdoing. “China has been faithfully implementing relevant U.N. resolutions,” Wang Baodong, a spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in Washington, said Wednesday. “As to whether the North Korean plane violated U.N. resolutions, it’s up to the U.N. Security Council to make a judgment.” [Washington Times, Nicholas Kralev]

[TigerLikesRooster]

I suspect China knows all about it. They pretend to care but they don't. Everything is cynical leverage play for them in essence. They think they can keep this thing under control and always play it to their advantage.

They want to screw both U.S. and N. Korea against each other, while they are netting gains. I think they are believing their ability too much.