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Report: North Korea sells Egypt 24 medium-range missiles
http://www.worldtribune.com ^ | Tuesday, November 27, 2001 | SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM

Posted on 11/27/2001 4:56:54 PM PST by ATOMIC_PUNK

Report: North Korea sells Egypt 24 medium-range missiles

SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM
Tuesday, November 27, 2001

North Korea concluded an agreement to sell 24 No-Dong medium-range missiles to Egypt according to published reports.

The accord was signed earlier this year. The South Korean daily JoongAng Ilbo said the sale will include both missiles and related technology.

South Korean diplomatic sources confirmed reports of a missile deal between Pyongyang and Cairo. U.S. defense sources said a previous North Korean deal to sell 50 No-Dong missile engines to Egypt was stopped by Washington, Middle East Newsline reported.

"North Korea concluded the transaction secretly with Egypt earlier this year," JoongAng Ilbo quoted a diplomatic source as saying.

The newspaper identified the North Korean missile as the Rodong, named after the town where the medium-range weapon is being produced. The No-Dong has a range of at least 1,000 kilometers.

U.S. officials said Washington and Seoul agree regarding most of the details of North Korean sales to Egypt and other Middle East clients. They said the Egyptian-North Korean agreement might be on the administration agenda during the visit of Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher to Washington.

"I would say that we have a close strategic arrangement relationship with Egypt, and we regularly discuss a wide range of security issues, including nonproliferation," State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said.

Nonproliferation, I would say, is a frequent topic of discussion with the Egyptians, so I wouldn't be surprised for it to come up."

Earlier this year, Secretary of State Colin Powell discussed with Maher the North Korean offer of No-Dong missiles to Egypt. On Monday, U.S. President George Bush warned Pyongyang of continued exports of missiles and weapons of mass destruction.

For years, Egypt tried to purchase missiles from Europe and the United States. The newspaper said when Egypt's request was rejected Pyongyang was approached. North Korea immediately agreed.

"We believe the North Koreans agreed to sell as many as 24 Rodong missiles to the Egyptian military," the newspaper quoted a fellow at the Korean Institute for Defense Analysis, a military research center in Seoul, as saying.

Earlier this month, North Korea said it wanted to improve relations with Egypt in all fields. Pyongyang is said to be a leading missile supplier to Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Libya and Syria.

The CIA said in a report in September that North Korea continues to supply Scud-based missile components and technology to Egypt. The report did not mention cooperation on the No-Dong.

Israel has expressed concern over the North Korean missile deal with Egypt, the newspaper said. The Israeli Embassy in Seoul said it has expressed its government's concern about the missile sales to Pyeongyang. An Israeli embassy spokesman in Seoul said his government raised the issue with North Korea.


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1 posted on 11/27/2001 4:56:54 PM PST by ATOMIC_PUNK
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK
I guess North Korea wants to be next on the hit parade!!
2 posted on 11/27/2001 5:02:47 PM PST by Nitro
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To: Nitro

YOU!!!! WILL BE NEXT

3 posted on 11/27/2001 5:07:11 PM PST by ATOMIC_PUNK
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK
Without chemical or nuclear warheads, these missles have almost zero tactical value. They are useful only to try to scare the population.
4 posted on 11/27/2001 5:22:18 PM PST by Rodney King
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They are useful only to try to scare the population.

Isn't that the definition of terror?

5 posted on 11/27/2001 5:30:25 PM PST by Nitro
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To: Nitro
Sure. I'm just saying that these missles are basically worthless from a military standpoint.
6 posted on 11/27/2001 5:31:39 PM PST by Rodney King
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To: Rodney King
True enough, but this is a really bad time to be making high-profile weapon transfers!

Besides Egypt and North Korea both deserve a good thumping!

7 posted on 11/27/2001 5:38:45 PM PST by Nitro
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK

LMFAO!!!!!

Would Long range missles be called......(drum roll)

LONG DONG missles???

Slapping my thighs...snorting a snot ball...woooo weeeee!

8 posted on 11/27/2001 5:40:00 PM PST by antivenom
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To: Nitro
There was just something about that comment that made me crack up - ROFL.
9 posted on 11/27/2001 5:48:40 PM PST by WriteOn
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK
Great.....so lets go bomb the crap out of them too.
10 posted on 11/27/2001 5:49:49 PM PST by Fighting Irish
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No-Dong missiles. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Only an Arab would buy one! BWAHAHAHAHAHAH
11 posted on 11/27/2001 5:49:49 PM PST by WriteOn
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK
And we give the Egyptians how much a year in foreign aid? Screw that - if they can afford IRBM's, they don't need my tax $$'s!
12 posted on 11/27/2001 5:58:22 PM PST by FreedomPoster
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Sure. Let's roll.
WASHINGTON, Nov 27 (Reuters) - The Bush administration plans to provide Egypt with surface-to-surface missiles and four patrol boats on which to base them in a $400 million deal
13 posted on 11/27/2001 6:07:30 PM PST by CommiesOut
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we give the Egyptians how much a year in foreign aid?

Last I heard 1.9 billion $. But that is offset by the factory we set up to produce 200 Abrams tanks a year. My take is that we keep Egypt buying from the n. koreans(and whoever else is selling) so that we can see whats for sale. ;-) After all most of Egypt is under water with a few dozen well placed bombs.

14 posted on 11/27/2001 6:12:54 PM PST by Dosa26
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To: FreedomPoster
And we give the Egyptians how much a year in foreign aid? Screw that - if they can afford IRBM's, they don't need my tax $$'s!

I couldn't agree more. In short (in the minimum) I would deduct the value of the purchase from the aid and state that they obviously didn't need it for any purposes we would approve with the aid.

15 posted on 11/27/2001 6:28:41 PM PST by scannell
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK
Why do they have to name their missiles "Dong"???? These people much have phallus envy or something!
16 posted on 11/27/2001 6:31:56 PM PST by SwankyC
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To: Nitro
I do believe that shipment of missles ought to be sunk at sea in a mystery sinking ....

KAAABOOOMB!

17 posted on 11/27/2001 6:55:34 PM PST by ex-Texan
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK
Before the war on terrorism is over, we need to take care of the little gook "great leader" that currently rules North Korea.

He is psycho case that needs a quick trip to his eternal home - Hell.

The North Koreans leadership represents a real danger to America and our Far East allies.

18 posted on 11/27/2001 8:08:20 PM PST by ASTM366
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hmmm...this was denied by an Egyptian spokesman on FOX today. Who to believe...who to believe...
19 posted on 11/27/2001 10:12:54 PM PST by homeschool mama
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To: Rodney King
Sure. I'm just saying that these missles are basically worthless from a military standpoint.

LOL! Unless of course you wanted to take out the 15 major cities of Israel, with 10 left over for giggles. Assuming that there are no warheads is like deciding that the bank robbers gun is empty and testing it with your head. I think that if they can buy missiles they can buy warheads too, Hmmmm? I bet ole Sadam will donate a few hundred kilos of Anthrax for free.

20 posted on 11/27/2001 11:48:11 PM PST by American in Israel
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