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2009-12-14 China-Japan-Koreas

Thailand Seizes Planeload of Nork Weapons

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Posted by Steve White 2009-12-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 The US is now saying that this incident could endanger nukulaar talks wid NORTH KOREA???

Also, the personages seized wid the plane are repor from FORMER SOVIET SSRS [ read, MUSLIM], + were believed headed for Tribals in AFPAK???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2009-12-14 00:11|| na 2009-12-14 00:11|| Front Page Top

#2 those talks have been going so well up until now too

Posted by chris 2009-12-14 00:13|| 2009-12-14 00:13|| Front Page Top

#3 My already high regard for the Thais just went up yet another notch.

Posted by Scooter McGruder 2009-12-14 01:31|| 2009-12-14 01:31|| Front Page Top

#4 And it seems as though Obama is OK with China taking them over.

Posted by gorb 2009-12-14 08:54|| 2009-12-14 08:54|| Front Page Top

#5 Who is providing the dueling comments about the "Georgians" in this story?

As written, this seems nothing more than a slander - the only reference is to the aircraft, which hardly indicates any Georgian involvement, whether good or ill.

Sounds like the reporter simply noted the registration records, which could indicate anything. Sort of like saying the US is responsible for any message sent via an iphone since that is an Apple product.

The arraignment should be the most interesting and noteworthy part of this story so far - who is this crew and where are they from, and who is paying for their defense?

Posted by Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division 2009-12-14 11:15|| 2009-12-14 11:15|| Front Page Top

#6 The fact that it was on a flight path from North Korea might have tipped them off. Or did it land somewhere in between? And where would that have been?

Posted by gromky 2009-12-14 12:25|| 2009-12-14 12:25|| Front Page Top

#7 One interesting thing I noticed is speculation that the arms were destined for Sri Lanka or Pakistan. I don't believe it was destined to either location. I believe it was destined for Iran. The reason is that the manifest listed the shipment as "oil drilling equipment". That would lead one to believe that the destination was a place where it is not uncommon to ship oil drilling equipment.

Oil drilling gear to Pakistan or Sri Lanka would raise eyebrows. Sri Lanka produces about 0 barrels/day. Pakistan produces less than 100K barrels/day (actually closer to half that amount). Neither place is the hotbed of oil exploration.

I don't believe Sri Lanka or Pakistan was the destination of that plane.

Posted by crosspatch 2009-12-14 13:22|| 2009-12-14 13:22|| Front Page Top

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