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U.S seizes North Korean ship over 'sanctions-busting' in escalation of tensions hours [tr]
UK Daily Mail ^ | May 9, 2019 | Tim Stickings

Posted on 05/09/2019 10:14:47 AM PDT by C19fan

The Trump administration says it has seized a North Korean cargo ship that U.S. officials say was used to transport coal in violation of international sanctions.

The Justice Department announced the seizure Thursday of the Wise Honest. The ship was detained by Indonesia last month with two dozen crew members on board.

U.S. officials say payments for maintenance and equipment for the ship were made unwittingly in American dollars through U.S. banks.

The announcement was made at a time of tension between the two countries.

It came hours after North Korea fired two suspected short-range missiles in its second weapons launch in five days.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: korea; nkorea

1 posted on 05/09/2019 10:14:47 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

Will trade for USS Pueblo.


2 posted on 05/09/2019 10:24:57 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mylife

It’s getting interesting. Kabuki.


3 posted on 05/09/2019 10:28:13 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

There are doings a transpiring :)


4 posted on 05/09/2019 10:32:34 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: C19fan

Norklandia will retaliate.

That is certain.

Commercial vessels that are US flagged are at HIGH RISK anywhere within 500 miles of Norklandia.

Of course the US Navy knows that.


5 posted on 05/09/2019 10:40:54 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: C19fan

bttt


6 posted on 05/09/2019 10:45:34 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: C19fan

Were the U.S. Dollars counterfiet? NK is big into printing funnymoney.


7 posted on 05/09/2019 11:01:01 AM PDT by Tucker39 ("It ishttps://y impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." George Washington)
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To: mylife

“Will trade for USS Pueblo.”

I had a friend who was captured on USS Pueblo.
He died about a dozen years back. It would be good to get the Pueblo back.


8 posted on 05/09/2019 1:09:45 PM PDT by BuffaloJack (Chivalry is not dead. It is a warriors code and only practiced by warriors.)
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To: BuffaloJack

Saluting your buddy.


9 posted on 05/09/2019 1:28:19 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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