OCTOBER 31, 2002 : (CRAOTIA INVESTIGATION OF THE SHIP 'BOKA STAR' UNCOVERS EXPLOSIVES) CROATIAN authorities, aided by investigators from Interpol, are continuing to examine the Boka Star, detained in the port of Rijeka under suspicion of transporting an illicit military cargo for Iraq. Croatia's interior ministry said on Tuesday it was trying to identify the explosives, earlier described as "multipurpose", which were seized during the search of 240 tonnes of cargo on board the Tonga-flagged ship. The explosive materials found on the vessel have been removed and stored in a secure warehouse outside Rijeka. -
http://www.bicc.de/milex/homepg/tracker.php3?action=show&input%5Bid%5D=4101, reported in Bonn International Center for Conversion, November 5, 2002
re post no. 138: "OCTOBER 31, 2002 : (CRAOTIA INVESTIGATION OF THE SHIP 'BOKA STAR' UNCOVERS EXPLOSIVES) CROATIAN authorities, aided by investigators from Interpol, are continuing to examine the Boka Star, detained in the port of Rijeka under suspicion of transporting an illicit military cargo for Iraq. Croatia's interior ministry said on Tuesday it was trying to identify the explosives, earlier described as "multipurpose", which were seized during the search of 240 tonnes of cargo on board the Tonga-flagged ship. The explosive materials found on the vessel have been removed and stored in a secure warehouse outside Rijeka. -
http://www.bicc.de/milex/homepg/tracker.php3?action=show&input%5Bid%5D=4101, reported in Bonn International Center for Conversion, November 5, 2002"
DIE TAGESZEITUNG (English Translation): "EFFECTIVE SUPPORT FOR SADDAM HUSSEIN" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "In a report the government of the Bosnian Serb republic confirms weapon supplies to the Iraq
SPLIT taz Now it is confirmed: The Serbian-Bosnian company Orao supplied weapon parts for air defense systems since 1997 weapons and to the Iraq. From on weekend submitted 1,614 sides the strong report of the president of the Bosnian Serb republic, Dragan Cavic, it follows clearly that the company broke the UN weapons embargo against the Iraq.
The whole thing flew up, after on 12 October yearly passed had scanned international SFOR troops the Orao factory in the eastBosnian city Bjeljina. At that time among other things spare parts for combat aircraft of Soviet design were found of the type MiG-21. The investigators more still made references, which suggested stutzig activities of the company regarding air defense rockets. When on 22 October Croatian authorities the ship "Boka star", which had run out next to the montenegrinischen port bar and into Croatian territorial waters turned out, stopped and examined, was the proof furnished.
On the ship, which belongs to a montenegrinischen businessman and drove under the flag of the Tonga islands, over 200 tons explosives were guaranteed. Among them was a material for the drive of Scud rockets. The Yugoslav captain and its first officer were arrested and accused." -"taz No. 6947 of 7.1.2003, page 10, 103 lines (TA-e.g.-arranged), ERICH RATHFELDER"
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