this is the sign outside his home!!
Posted on 12/27/2002 1:06:35 AM PST by kattracks
Edited on 05/26/2004 5:10:49 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
December 27, 2002 -- JERUSALEM - Scud missiles seized two weeks ago in the Arabian Sea were destined for Iraq, not Yemen, it was reported yesterday.
The missiles were captured aboard a North Korean ship but were allowed to proceed by U.S. authorities, who said an investigation showed the cargo was being legally sent to Yemen.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
this is the sign outside his home!!
TELEGRAPH.co.uk: "SYRIANS 'SMUGGLING ARMS TO BAGHDAD'" by Con Coughlin (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Western intelligence officials have discovered that at least 52 crates containing new air-defence systems and spare parts have been smuggled into Iraq from Syria since the start of December. The Russian-made equipment, which has been purchased through a Belorussian middleman, was taken into Iraq through al-Walid border crossing earlier this month.") (121502)
stepping back in time...JEWISH WORLD REVIEW.com: "AL-QAEDA'S IRANIAN ESCAPE HATCH" -Column by Richard Z. Chesnoff (COLUMN SNIPPET: "Senior counterterrorist agents in Europe have told me that, despite emphatic denials by the Iranian government, fugitive troops loyal to Osama Bin Laden continue to slip freely across Afghanistan's 600-mile border with Iran. From there, say the sources, they are being smuggled by members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard to a variety of countries in the Middle East, South America and possibly elsewhere.") (March 13, 2002)
NY POST.com: "LOCAL BUSINESSMAN DENIES TERROR TIES" by Katie Cornell Smith (ARTICLE NOTE: The suspect is identified as Mohamed Ali Alriany, a man born in Yemen.) (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "But while Mollo admits that his client shipped millions of dollars in customers' money to Yemen through his unlicensed money-transfer business, he noted that the feds have failed to charge Alriany, a U.S. citizen for 23 years, with terror crimes.") (120902)
DefenseLINK.mil: "Remarks by Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz , Frontiers of Freedom, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC, Thursday, October 24, 2002." (SPEECH Question & Answer Session SNIPPET: "DepSec Wolfowitz: I think what it points out, and I think it should be a reminder to people on every side -- I was about to say both sides of this debate, but I find it a multi-sided debate. Whatever position one holds, one I think should recognize the potential for things to develop in ways that we don't anticipate, and the fact that if you stop and think about it, that concern that I mentioned which is a real one -- As I said, we demonstrated it in 1947 and we aren't the only ones who have thought about it, is something that requires thinking about missile defense in yet another difficult way. One could build the best possible defenses against intercontinental ballistic missiles and miss that possibility. I think as long as there are countries out there -- and there are -- who are as clearly determined as they are and they evidence it among other things, I mentioned the amount of resources they devote to being able to attack us. We need to be thinking ahead of them. We need to be thinking out of the box. We need to remember that there was a time when we said, I believe it was March of 1962, that it was inconceivable the Soviet Union would put missiles in Cuba. I believe in the 1980s when Saudi Arabia acquired long-range ballistic missiles from the Peoples Republic of China it took us completely by surprise. We think a relatively harmless surprise, but nonetheless a surprise.")
stepping back in time...NYI.edu - GLOBAL BEAT: "U.S.-CHINA TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER: ANNOTATED TIMELINE 1980- JANUARY 1998" by Bates Gill (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "1988 March - Reports reveal that China has transferred approximately 36 CSS-2 intermediate-range ballistic missiles to Saudi Arabia. This is first transfer of missiles of this range and capability within the developing world; the missiles were originally part of China's strategic arsenal, but Saudi and Chinese officials assure that the missiles will not be nuclear-armed. July - In Beijing, U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz expresses his concern over Chinese missile and weapons exports to Iran, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia.") (June 22, 1998)
WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "NORTH KOREA, PAKISTAN, CHINA" -Commentary by Edward Timperlake and William C. Triplett III (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Beginning Dec. 9, the Communist Chinese general who threatened to incinerate Los Angeles with nuclear weapons will visit Washington D.C. Gen. Xiong Guangkai, the People's Republic of China's deputy chief of staff for intelligence...") (120802)
Dubai GULF NEWS.com: "SMUGGLING THRIVES IN THE SHADOW OF SANCTIONS" by Bob Drogin - London (ARTICLE SNIPPETS: "Hidden inside the trucks was a bonanza of banned military materiel - including night vision devices, global positioning systems, communications gear and other highly specialised electronic equipment from South Korea"..."In all, the engineer said, he helped sneak at least 25 loads of contraband cargo into Iraq for hefty commissions. Among them: 2,500 tyres for armoured personnel carriers from Ukraine, two trucks of high-tech laboratory equipment from Germany and mainframe South Korean computers inside empty refrigerator boxes. Saddam, anything he wants, he can get," said the Iraqi, who recently moved to Britain.") (112502)
BBC NEWS: "IRAQ OPENS BORDER WITH SAUDI" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Saudi goods imported by Iraq under the UN's oil for food programme have had to be transported via Jordan. The reopening of the Ar'ra crossing will mean they can be trucked straight across the border.") (103102)
Hey, even the French mustered the guts to scuttle the Rainbow Warrior...
--Boris
North Korea has nukes and WMD and therefore we we will NEVER threaten to attack it, NEVER pressure it with war talk, NEVER humiliate its leadership and WILL NOT attack it at will. We will even allow North Korea to finish deliveries on scud missiles we seize on the high seas to Yemen.
This sends a very clear message heard round the world; If you do not have nukes and WMD the USA will treat you like Yugoslavia and Iraq if you develop nukes and WMD (and the ability to deliver them) in time you will be treated with distance and respect like we treat Pakistan, and North Korea.
That is why I know Iraq does not have online nukes (chemical and bio weapons are 19th century technology so it is very possible the Iraqis can make and use them with little difficulty) at the moment because we are bullying Iraq around at will UNLIKE how we are treating North Korea.
Well, this story confirms my Iraq-Syria suspicions to the tee. Saddam and Assad Jr. plan on using Hezbollah to do their dirtywork for them in the upcoming war. Yeah, Saddam is dust, and he knows nothing can save him. But at least he knows that Scuds (most likely with WMD aboard) launched close to the Israeli border in Lebanon have a very good shot at hitting their targets, and hero status in the Arab world is assured if they do. Successful hits in Israeli population centers could also inspire street revolts throughout the Arab world, and set off a war involving the whole region.
Stupid Assad Jr. probably thinks (or is at least hoping beyond hope) that Israel wouldn't respond directly against Syria if the Scuds are fired by Hezbollah in So. Lebanon, but he is badly mistaken.
Your argument is flawed.
We were much more polite to them before they had nukes. Gave them oil and aid. Now they don't get oil, they don't get aid and I would not bet on them being around long unless they tone it down.
North Korea has a knife at South Korea's throat and has had for a very long time. They just have a bigger one now. The time is coming when that knife will have to be removed for our safety, the safety of South Korea and as an object lesson. No more blackmail allowed.
Now they have nukes and the aid is cut off. Your argument conflicts with reality.
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