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2009-08-20 India-Pakistan

India moves North Korean ship to mainland

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Posted by john frum 2009-08-20 09:18|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Indian authorities plan to continue checking a North Korean cargo ship for any signs that it had carried WMD material, the Press Trust of India reported today (see GSN, Aug. 18).

The freighter MV Mu San was detained after its crew moored in Indian waters without permission and then tried to flee the coast guard (see GSN, Aug. 14). Suspicions arose that the vessel might have been heading to or coming from Myanmar, which has been suspected of developing a nuclear program with aid from North Korea (see GSN, Aug. 18).

So far, the only cargo found on the ship is sugar apparently bound for Iraq. Nonetheless, the coast guard is escorting the ship to the port at Kakinada, where it will be searched by nuclear scientists and security personnel. They will be looking for any signs of biological, chemical, nuclear or radioactive materials, PTI reported.

A North Korean official and the 38 other members of the ship's crew are expected to be questioned (Press Trust of India/Indian Express, Aug. 19).

Posted by john frum 2009-08-20 09:26|| 2009-08-20 09:26|| Front Page Top

#2 "Hey Nanda - where's that fine-toothed comb?"

Posted by mojo 2009-08-20 11:45|| 2009-08-20 11:45|| Front Page Top

#3 Do we know where that cargo of sugar came FROM? Pretty clealy wasn't North Korea.

Posted by Glenmore 2009-08-20 12:36|| 2009-08-20 12:36|| Front Page Top

#4 I wonder how much of that "sugar" is really heroin or some other illicit drug. Get the money first, then deliver the "good" stuff.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2009-08-20 12:51|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2009-08-20 12:51|| Front Page Top

#5 Something seems way too "pat" about all of this. The ship anchors right off the coast as if saying "come and get me!".

Wonder what has been sneaking past them while their attention is occupied by this vessel.

Posted by Phinetle Squank7785 2009-08-20 14:12|| 2009-08-20 14:12|| Front Page Top

#6 I bet the Indian boarding party had so many radiation badges under their clothes that it wasn't even funny. And not a damn one of them turned black, so they know it isn't nukes.

Posted by Anonymoose 2009-08-20 15:59|| 2009-08-20 15:59|| Front Page Top

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