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| Africa: North |
| Libyan nuclear cargo was loaded in Dubai |
| 2004-01-02 |
| EFL: Uranium enrichment components found on a German ship headed for Libya but seized in a US-led operation had been loaded in Dubai for an Asian company, Germany’s Sueddeutsche Zeitung daily reported Friday. US officials, while confirming a freighter was diverted after intelligence reports that it was shipping centrifuge parts, have so far refused to specify the equipment’s country of origin or the Gulf port where it was loaded. However, the Sueddeutsche daily identified the port as Dubai and also said British businessmen were involved. It did not name its sources. The unidentified Asian company declared a false cargo, it added. Dubai, huh? This would be a trans-shipping point, not the place of origin. And the un-named Asian company put a false lable on the cargo. If you where shipping these parts from the middle east to Asia, how come the cargo was on a ship heading the opposite direction into the Med? Neither the crew nor the shippers - the Germany-based firm, BBC Chartering and Logistic GmbH - knew that the real cargo was components for a centrifuge capable of enriching uranium. They have been cooperating well with authorities, the paper added, quoting German government sources. The seizure was made in October, US authorities announced Wednesday, after the ship was diverted to an Italian port for searching. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #2 NKor. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2004-1-2 7:40:37 PM |
| #1 Huh. Well, that twitched the surprise meter. BTW -- "Asian" could refer to Pakistan as much as China or North Korea. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-1-2 11:52:25 AM |