Yemen claims missiles on North Korean ship belong to it, Al-Jazeera reports

Associated Press ^ | 12-11-02

[boris]

Oops, sorry...we kind of, well, sunk it by accident.

--Boris

[1Old Pro]

"The foreign minister stressed the importance of the return of the shipment to the Yemeni government,"

Fat chance. The ship should be detained as long as N.Korea has detained the Pueblo, many decades.

[mikhailovich]

The US likes Yemen and China likes North Korea.

Next story.

[Tommyjo]

"Yemeni government? Scuds? Why?"

Yemen has operated Scuds since the 1980's. It's regarded as a bit of a prestige weapon system by them. During the Civil War in Yemen (1994) Scuds were used by both sides. Yemen also has a long standing fued with Eritrea over the Greater Hanish Islands and likes to posture the weapons from time to time. Yemen and Saudi Arabia also have a disputed border region and had a short skirmish in the mid-90's.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

I agree that we cannot be the worlds police force and manage worldwide arms shipments, but the rest of your rant seems odd.

Bully? ...Like when we protected Muslims in Bosnia?

Rob kids of lunch money? ...Like our billions in foreign aid?

War to sieze oil? ...You forget 9/11 already?

International law? ...Ever heard UN Resolution 1414?

[El Gato]

The ship should be detained as long as N.Korea has detained the Pueblo, many decades.

The best reason to keep the ship and the cargo that I've heard yet. Reparations! The scuds can be used to test our, or Israel's, anti missle systems. Save the US taxpayers some money. Alas, we've already commited to giving them "back" to the Yemenie's, who may or may not have bought them, but who certainly never had them in the first place.

[Tommyjo]

"The best reason to keep the ship and the cargo that I've heard yet. Reparations! The scuds can be used to test our, or Israel's, anti missle systems. Save the US taxpayers some money. Alas, we've already commited to giving them "back" to the Yemenie's, who may or may not have bought them, but who certainly never had them in the first place."

El Gato,
Yemen has had Scuds since the 1980's. They also operate the shorter range SS-21 Scarab supplied by the Soviets. Yemen received the first shipment of North Korean built Scud variants during 2000.

If you guys want to see some good AC-130 gunship footage from Afghanistan then go the the following link.

http://skynet.bizatchu.com/AC130_GunshipMed.wmv

Payback time! If someone wants to post it as a new thread then feel free.