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BUSTED: "Is DELL Computer Aiding N. Korea [Weapons Program] In Violation of US Federal Law?"
Korean Central News Agency, (KCNA), North Korea ^ | 25 May 2010 | AmericanInTokyo

Posted on 05/25/2010 12:56:42 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo

Just found this photo from Communist North Korea from several days ago apparantly during one of dictator Kim Jong il's "on the spot guidance tours".

and also here:

Note the manufacturer of the computer monitor (and presumably the hard drive itself) (Dell Computer, Round Rock, Texas, USA), which General Secretary Kim Jong-il is inspecting.

Link to article on North Korean news through Japanese website:

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TOPICS: Conspiracy
KEYWORDS: chemicalweapons; computers; dell; dellcomputer; dprk; hamhung; kimjongil; korea; nkorea; northkorea; pyongyang; roguestate; waronterror; weapons; wmd
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Kim visited "Hamhung University of Chemical Industry" on or about 21 May 2010. The institution was Hamhung University of Chemical Industry (咸興化学工業大学)

The Academy of Defense Science [Hamhung Branch] is one of at least four chemical weapons research and development facilities, and there is speculation that the University of Chemical Industry [formerly the Hamhung University of Chemical Industry] may have some connection with chemical technology associated with the North Korean nuclear weapons program. (Source: FAS)

I found these photos today on the KCNA website out of Pyongyang, and some Japanese websites of North Korean origin.

"Trading with the Enemy Act" (12 U.S.C. § 95a) may or may not apply in this case--as this is primarily directed at Cuba, but certainly the provision of technical products to the DPRK for North Korea's chemical weapons program is going to raise a lot of eyebrows, as well as serious questions.

If utilizing this thread elsewhere, please quote specifically the work of AiT and FREE REPUBLIC, and link to this original thread, where this story has initially appeared (25 May 2010).


1 posted on 05/25/2010 12:56:42 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Tiger, here’s a good one.


2 posted on 05/25/2010 12:57:01 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo
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To: mkjessup; SevenofNine; Cindy; Steel Wolf; stephenjohnbanker; Jet Jaguar

Ping!


3 posted on 05/25/2010 12:59:32 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo
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To: AmericanInTokyo

Does Dell sell to China?
Did China sell the Dell computers to N. Korea or did N. Korea buy directly from Dell?


4 posted on 05/25/2010 1:04:32 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: Cindy
That is one of the questions I have.

A statement from Dell headquarters in the USA should be forthcoming. They should (or better have) an explanation.

5 posted on 05/25/2010 1:05:31 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo
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To: AmericanInTokyo

Thanks American in Tokyo and thanks for the ping.


6 posted on 05/25/2010 1:06:54 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: Cindy; TigerLikesRooster
To make it more nefarious, this is not apparantly the first time DELL in North Korea has been noticed.

It may also be that the North Korean Navy (which attacked and sunk the Cheonan corvette of the South Korean Navy), may well also be a happy customer of DELL Computer, as photos were also shown last year which indicated DELL products. See below. Something really is fishy here, if you ask me; it does not pass the smell test as far as I am initially concerned:

What makes this potentially very damaging is that international intelligence has generally identified the location where the DELL computer were, as a North Korean WMD facility.

7 posted on 05/25/2010 1:13:01 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo
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To: AmericanInTokyo

That’s interesting.

Looking forward to what Dell has to say about this.


8 posted on 05/25/2010 1:14:19 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: piasa

ping


9 posted on 05/25/2010 1:15:06 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: AmericanInTokyo

You think Dell can control where their computers get exported by third parties?

Impossible.

Dell’s are sold all over the world. Once purchased by a third party it is impossible to control who the third party transfers it to.


10 posted on 05/25/2010 1:17:23 AM PDT by DB
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To: Cindy
Under Dell's own Export Compliance Assurance Policy (see PDF) they specifically say their products are not to be resold to Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria or Sudan".

Hmmmmm....

Explanation, please?

11 posted on 05/25/2010 1:17:44 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo
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To: Cindy

That’s ridiculous.

Dell has no way to control what third parties do.


12 posted on 05/25/2010 1:19:05 AM PDT by DB
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To: DB
See (my) post 11.

Control Data Corporation in the 1970s (Cyber 76) got in a LOT of trouble over this kind of thing. (So did Toshiba Machinery for that matter).

Merits deep investigation, IMHO.

13 posted on 05/25/2010 1:19:26 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo
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To: AmericanInTokyo

Are you nuts?

You think Dell can control this?

Slandering Dell for nothing they have control over.

You should know better.


14 posted on 05/25/2010 1:20:19 AM PDT by DB
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To: AmericanInTokyo

Ummm....Dell doesn’t have a force of 50,000 mind-reading police that rappel down your walls and come in through your windows if you’re one of the millions of people that have bought a Dell, but you’re thinking of reselling it to North Korea?


15 posted on 05/25/2010 1:21:41 AM PDT by Strategerist
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To: DB
How much stock do you own in Dell, might I kindly ask?

Or are you an employee or a supplier?

Why the dramatic response to this thread?

16 posted on 05/25/2010 1:21:55 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo
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To: AmericanInTokyo
It is possible that they are obtained second-hand from other countries. They are known to import used cars and computers from China and Japan. If those machines are brand new imports, NK could be running some front company to get them or getting them through their friendly intermediaries(of Chinese or other nationality.)

If DELL knew about their brand-new computers heading for N. Korea, now that is a problem.

17 posted on 05/25/2010 1:22:04 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

A big difference between mainframes and specialized manufacturing equipment, and a consumer commodity.


18 posted on 05/25/2010 1:23:09 AM PDT by Strategerist
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To: Strategerist
Thank you for your input.

I suspect this will become an issue (this story).

19 posted on 05/25/2010 1:23:20 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo
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To: AmericanInTokyo

You on some kind of drugs?

Not even remotely the same thing.

There are literally millions of Dell’s sold every year all over the world.

It is impossible for Dell to control exportation of a jellybean computer once sold.


20 posted on 05/25/2010 1:24:04 AM PDT by DB
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