Posted on 05/17/2011 7:24:03 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
200 North Korean Engineers Reportedly in Iran
By Chris Green
[2011-05-16 14:40 ]
North Korea has more than 200 engineers working in Iran on nuclear programs and missile development, according to a report in a Japanese newspaper.
Citing a source, the article in today’s Mainichi Shimbun claims, “The more than 200 engineers are divided between 12 locations including Natanz, where there are uranium enrichment facilities.”
“They carry passports in other names so as not to reveal their immigration records or movements,” it adds.
The newspaper alleges that since the export of weapons became more difficult in the face of UN sanctions in 2009, North Korea has instead been increasingly turning towards promoting its exports of military know-how, and claims that international surveillance is being strengthened in this area.
There was further indication that the sanctions regime has the ability to limit North Korea’s physical arms exports in reports earlier this month revealing that NATO naval forces patrolling the Indian Ocean recently stopped a ship carrying $15 million in North Korean surface-to-air missiles, rockets and explosives to Eritrea, which has itself been prohibited under UN Security Council Resolution 1907 from importing weapons since the end of 2009.
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This surprises me...about 0%
I am sure Carter would be shocked 100%.:-)
It’s always interesting to see how evil entities with little in common unite.
Any North Korean engineers (along with Iranians already there) in Venezuela? Just wondering....
Evil is the only necessary point of commonality, since it stems from a single source.
Thanks for the ping.
“Any North Korean engineers (along with Iranians already there) in Venezuela? Just wondering....”
I would be shocked if they weren’t. You just have to assume the worst. This will not end well.
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