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2008-04-22 Africa Subsaharan

US seeks to block Zim-bound Chinese arms

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Posted by Fred 2008-04-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Nice ship ya got there. Be a shame if something happened to it.

Posted by SteveS 2008-04-22 00:36|| 2008-04-22 00:36|| Front Page Top

#2 Its a ships graveyard along the coast from Nambia through Angola. National Geographic and others have done shows on it. Something about lots of storms, freak currents and rocks. Another ship wrecked would not be unusual there.

Posted by 3dc 2008-04-22 01:13|| 2008-04-22 01:13|| Front Page Top

#3 Its a ships graveyard along the coast from Nambia through Angola. National Geographic and others have done shows on it. Something about lots of storms, freak currents and rocks. Another ship wrecked would not be unusual there.

Posted by Lampedusa Spising3253 2008-04-22 01:14|| 2008-04-22 01:14|| Front Page Top

#4 Where's the "pirates" when ya need em?

Posted by tu3031 2008-04-22 12:10|| 2008-04-22 12:10|| Front Page Top

#5 China: Ship carrying weapons to Zimbabwe may head home

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - A shipment of weapons to Zimbabwe may be returned to China, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said Tuesday, after the troubled southern African nation's neighbors prevented the cargo from being unloaded.

A South African group persuaded a judge to bar the weapons from transiting through the country to landlocked Zimbabwe, and the An Yue Jiang then sailed away from South Africa. Private groups and government officials in Mozambique, Angola and Namibia also objected to the weapons, though Namibia said the ship could refuel there if necessary.

"As far as I know, the carrier is now considering carrying back the cargo," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said. Although Jiang offered no details, the move appeared to indicate a backdown in the face of refusals by Zimbabwe's neighbors to allow the weapons to be offloaded and shipped through their territories.

Posted by tu3031 2008-04-22 13:30|| 2008-04-22 13:30|| Front Page Top

#6 yay africans!

Posted by liberalhawk 2008-04-22 13:53|| 2008-04-22 13:53|| Front Page Top

#7 I don't see a problem here, just sink the ship.

Posted by Redneck Jim">Redneck Jim 2008-04-22 16:41|| 2008-04-22 16:41|| Front Page Top

#8 Where's the "pirates" when ya need em?

Negative , you do NOT want well armed Pirates.

Posted by Redneck Jim">Redneck Jim 2008-04-22 16:52|| 2008-04-22 16:52|| Front Page Top

#9 A sudden complicated thought, the Zimbob Govt wants the public unarmed, how's it feel to be disarmed yourself, Not good Hunh?

Sause for the goose.....

Posted by Redneck Jim">Redneck Jim 2008-04-22 17:19|| 2008-04-22 17:19|| Front Page Top

#10 It'll be interesting to see how the COSCO marketing department spins this one...

[Link is down - big surprise.]

Posted by Pappy 2008-04-22 21:57|| 2008-04-22 21:57|| Front Page Top

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