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To: thegreatbeast

Maybe this, though it doesn't mention Egypt:

German businessman allegedly involved in nuclear shipment to North Korea

The director of a German company suspected of supplying aluminium tubes for North Korea's nuclear programme has been taken in for questioning. Prosecutors confirmed the move following a report in the weekly news magazine Der Spiegel which said that 22 tonnes of aluminium tubes were loaded onto a French ship in Hamburg earlier this month. The shipment, officially on its way to China, was stopped by German authorities. Aluminium tubes can used to produce enriched uranium. During talks with the United States and China on Thursday, North Korean officials reportedly admitted that the country has nuclear weapons.

23 posted on 04/26/2003 1:03:20 PM PDT by The Hon. Galahad Threepwood

To: The Hon. Galahad Threepwood

That sounds about right...

25 posted on 04/26/2003 1:04:48 PM PDT by Dog (We are witnessing Historic Days-- -- - - - President George W. Bush - - - April 24, 2003)

To: The Hon. Galahad Threepwood

WOW.......if the French government knew that ship was headed to NK with those tubes.......this could get real good!

30 posted on 04/26/2003 1:06:34 PM PDT by Dog (We are witnessing Historic Days-- -- - - - President George W. Bush - - - April 24, 2003)

To: The Hon. Galahad Threepwood

That explains it. The Germans could interdict a ship that was carrying materials it's own citizens illegally sold or transferred. The US probably would've done the same if it caught illegal shipments of technology to China (if the fix hadn't already been in).

39 posted on 04/26/2003 1:12:28 PM PDT by pragmatic_asian

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