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Practice anti-WMD interceptions planned
Washington Times ^

Posted on 09/12/2003 8:47:57 PM PDT by maui_hawaii

Edited on 07/12/2004 3:40:40 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- The United States, Australia, Japan and France will send ships to the western Pacific next week for an exercise simulating an interception of weapons.

According to a report in Asia Times, some 11 industrialized nations decided last week in Paris to step up plans to intercept ships suspected of carrying weapons of mass destruction. While the Proliferation Security Initiative group is not specifically aimed at North Korea, there is no doubt that Pyongyang, which Washington and others accuse of making clandestine shipments of drugs, counterfeit cash and missiles, is the primary target.


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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: allies; australia; france; interdiction; japan; psi; usn; wmd
pissing off China bump
1 posted on 09/12/2003 8:47:58 PM PDT by maui_hawaii
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To: maui_hawaii
Trust France? France will leak weaknesses to the terrorists.


2 posted on 09/12/2003 8:53:20 PM PDT by Diogenesis (If you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us)
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