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North Korea shipping arms to Hamas, Hizbullah
World Tribune ^ | 4/13/2010 | World Tribune

Posted on 05/13/2010 9:33:19 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld

North Korea was said to have become the latest military supplier to Hamas.

Officials said North Korea has received orders from Iran for a range of missiles, rockets and other weapons for Hamas and Hizbullah. They said the orders were submitted in late 2009 with the first attempt at deliveries in February 2010.

We saw this kind of cooperation only two or maybe three months ago with the North Korean plane in Bangkok with huge numbers of different weapons with the intention to smuggle these weapons to Hamas and Hizbullah," Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on May 12.

Lieberman did not identify the North Korean weapons destined for Hamas and Hizbullah. But officials said Pyongyang has been sending anti-tank missiles, surface-to-surface rockets and shoulder-fired air defense systems.

In December 2009, Thailand seized a North Korean plane when it arrived in Bangkok. The aircraft was said to have contained 35 tons of weapons, including explosives, rocket-propelled grenades and components for surface-to-air missiles.

Israel has accused North Korea of also providing Hamas and Hizbullah with equipment and techniques to rapidly construct tunnels. Officials said the tunnels played a major role in Hizbullah's war with Israel in southern Lebanon in 2009.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: armssales; hamas; hamaz; hezbollah; hizbollah; israel; lebanon; missiles; northkorea; pyongyang

1 posted on 05/13/2010 9:33:19 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
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To: sonofstrangelove

If only Israel could take out both regimes in Iran and North Korea the world would be a slightly better place.


2 posted on 05/13/2010 9:45:49 PM PDT by tflabo (Restore the Republic)
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To: sonofstrangelove; tflabo

It’s going to be an interesting summer IMO.


3 posted on 05/13/2010 11:10:43 PM PDT by rdl6989 (January 20, 2013- The end of an error.)
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To: rdl6989

I agree.


4 posted on 05/13/2010 11:11:39 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld ("You hit somebody with your fist and not with your fingers spread:-General Heinz Guderian)
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