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  • Pact With Liberia Lets U.S. Search Ships

    02/13/2004 8:23:48 PM PST · by HAL9000 · 7 replies · 176+ views
    Associated Press | February 14, 2004 | EDWARD HARRIS
    DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - U.S. Navy sailors may board thousands of commercial ships in international waters to search for weapons of mass destruction under a landmark pact between the United States and Liberia, the world's No. 2 shipping registry. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher confirmed Friday that the United States is seeking similar deals with other nations, but he declined to identify them. Wednesday's accord - the first of its kind, Boucher said - comes amid fears that terror networks would use ships for attacks, taking advantage of comparatively lax security on the waters after crackdowns in the skies....