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China-Japan-Koreas
Burma 'Ready to Search Nork Ship'
2009-07-01
Perhaps this is the reason the Nork ship turned around, though anything the Burmese thugs say has to be taken with a grain of salt.
Rangoon says it will inspect the North Korean cargo ship Kangnam, which is suspected of heading to Burma carrying weapons-related materials, a news report said Tuesday. The Kangnam is being trailed by the missile destroyer USS John McCain.

Radio Free Asia on Tuesday said the Burmese junta has pledged to inspect the Kangnam and not to allow the North Korean ship to enter any Burmese port if it is carrying items banned by the UN.
It can't possibly be that the Burmese generals are actually worried about the UN. Perhaps their Chinese mentors are using them as a way to have the Norks turn the ship around without conceding anything?
Experts speculate that Burma was acting under international pressure. Inspection of North Korean vessels by individual states is encouraged by Clause 11 of the UN Security Council Resolution 1874, which was passed on June 12. But the resolution merely "calls upon" member states to inspect suspicious vessels, leaving the decision up to Burma. Rangoon may have been swayed by China and Russia, which both support the resolution, while South Korea and Japan are two major trading partners, RFA quoted unnamed observers as speculating.

Burmese authorities would be obliged to seize and dispose of any weapons and weapons-related materials they found under Clause 14 of the resolution.
Posted by:Steve White

#6  CHINESE MIL FORUM >RUSSIA DECLARES WAR ON CHINESE BUSINESSMEN IN RUSSIA/RUSSIA SEES CHINESE GOODS BEING SOLD CHEAPLY AND MAKING MONEY [Growing anti-Chin Nationalism, sentiment in VladLand = Russia?]; + WMF > RUSSIA'S ANTI-CHIN ECONOMIC "9-11": WHY VALDIMIR PUTIN IS BEING HEAVY-HANDED AGZ CHINA?

MOSCOW = RUSS = VLADVEDEV has confiscated or "detained" approxi 6000 CONTAINERS [circa 100,000 tonnes worth] full of Chin-made goods, and worth US$2.0BILYUHN. MORE TO COME.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2009-07-01 20:50  

#5  ION WORLD MIL FORUM > SK MINISTRY OF DEFENSE: SOUTH KOREA PLANS TO INCREASE ITS RESERVE FORCES BY 100,000 [10 Corps]. SOUTH KOREAN MILPOL CONCERNS FOR NORTH KOREAN CIVILIANS. Within 50-60 days after an outbreak of war between NOKOR + SOKOR, and the defeat of North Korean combat/military forces, the SOUTH desires to send these new troops into the NORTH to control post-conflict CIVIL-GOVT OPERATIONS.

ALso, SAME > US-SOUTH KOREAN "WAR PLAN 5027-5": NORTH KOREA MUST EFFEC DESTROY OR OTHERWISE FORCE SOUTH KOREA TO CAPITULATE WITHIN 48-72 HOURS OR ASAP BEFORE US MIL REINFORCEMENTS CAN ARRIVE IN TWO WEEKS.

* SAME > THREE MOST LIKELY REGIONAL FLASHPOINTS FOR A SECOND KOREAN WAR.

To wit,

!. NK-SK Naval clash in NORTHERN MARITIME BOUNDARY. NOKOR has fired over 1000 Arty shells apprxi 19 times since last year 2008 at SOKOR positions on Y. DUCK ISLAND [I of 5 in WEST SEA Region].

2. "JIANG NAM" NUCLEAR? VESSEL VERSUS US NAVY [USS John Mccain, etal.]. The "Jiang Nam" is at this time believed to be oper along the CHINESE COASTLINE. NOKOR threat of war and mil retaliation iff its ships are stopped-searched.

3. NK-SK GROUND-AIR CONVENTIONAL CLASHES ALONG DMZ [Limited War?]

MINE > Lest we fergit, the UNKNOWN "RUSSIA FACTOR" FOR = AGZ CHINA, US-ALLIES.

* SAME > NORTH KOREA'S ASYMETRIC/ALTERNATIVE MIL THREAT TO DEFEAT SOUTH KOREA: USE OF EMP-MICROWAVE BOMBS IN A "FIRST STRIKE" OR "SURPISE ATTACK" AGZ SOUTH KOREA. USE OF NUCLEAR-, WMD-ARMED SCUDS + 88,000 ELITE COMANDO TROOPS.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2009-07-01 20:42  

#4  ION WORLD MIL FORUM > SK MINISTRY OF DEFENSE: SOUTH KOREA PLANS TO INCREASE ITS RESERVE FORCES BY 100,000 [10 Corps]. SOUTH KOREAN MILPOL CONCERNS FOR NORTH KOREAN CIVILIANS. Within 50-60 days after an outbreak of war between NOKOR + SOKOR, and the defeat of North Korean combat/military forces, the SOUTH desires to send these new troops into the NORTH to control post-conflict CIVIL-GOVT OPERATIONS.

ALso, SAME > US-SOUTH KOREAN "WAR PLAN 5027-5": NORTH KOREA MUST EFFEC DESTROY OR OTHERWISE FORCE SOUTH KOREA TO CAPITULATE WITHIN 48-72 HOURS OR ASAP BEFORE US MIL REINFORCEMENTS CAN ARRIVE IN TWO WEEKS.

* SAME > THREE MOST LIKELY REGIONAL FLASHPOINTS FOR A SECOND KOREAN WAR.

To wit,

!. NK-SK Naval clash in NORTHERN MARITIME BOUNDARY. NOKOR has fired over 1000 Arty shells apprxi 19 times since last year 2008 at SOKOR positions on Y. DUCK ISLAND [I of 5 in WEST SEA Region].

2. "JIANG NAM" NUCLEAR? VESSEL VERSUS US NAVY [USS John Mccain, etal.]. The "Jiang Nam" is at this time believed to be oper along the CHINESE COASTLINE. NOKOR threat of war and mil retaliation iff its ships are stopped-searched.

3. NK-SK GROUND-AIR CONVENTIONAL CLASHES ALONG DMZ [Limited War?]

MINE > Lest we fergit, the UNKNOWN "RUSSIA FACTOR" FOR = AGZ CHINA, US-ALLIES.

* SAME > NORTH KOREA'S ASYMETRIC/ALTERNATIVE MIL THREAT TO DEFEAT SOUTH KOREA: USE OF EMP-MICROWAVE BOMBS IN A "FIRST STRIKE" OR "SURPISE ATTACK" AGZ SOUTH KOREA. USE OF NUCLEAR-, WMD-ARMED SCUDS + 88,000 ELITE COMANDO TROOPS.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2009-07-01 20:41  

#3  I bet LH is right in making the maneuvers about fuel. As fuel-short as NorK is, they probably didn't load any excess, just enough to get them somewhere that would 'sell' them more (Hong Kong?) or maybe even Burma, but without any spare for playing games with the McCain etc.
Posted by: Glenmore   2009-07-01 11:35  

#2  I have difficulty believing that Burma didnt know what was on the ship from the moment it sailed.

Maybe the PRC put the screws on Burma. I cant rule that out. My working hypothesis is slightly less conspiratorial - when it sailed, the NORKS didnt think they wouldnt get a port on the way, so they didnt bother filling it with extra fuel tanks (a pretty expensive proposition anyway, I imagine, if all it was was a shipment of small arms - they will save that option for when they are actually shipping a nuke)
Posted by: liberal hawk   2009-07-01 09:55  

#1  I just wonder if the NORK ship is loaded to the gills with explosives salted with uranium, praying for the Mc Cain to get close enough to boom the ship and plant evidence of there being nukes on the Mc Cain? (Raidioactive wreckage)and they've turned around so the boom will be in shallow enough water to reach with diving subs like the Alvin.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2009-07-01 01:35  

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