Lewdog
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The Washington Post has learned that a ship that was seized last August flying a Cambodian flag, was actually from North Korea, and it was carrying a hidden stash of 30,000 rocket propelled grenade launchers. More surprising however, was that the shipment seized by the Egyptians, was FOR the Egyptians. They only seized the ship because the United States had uncovered through intelligence operations what was onboard. This type of thing is why it is so hard to put sanctions on North Korea, because so many countries secretly attempt to cheat the system.
"Last August, a secret message was passed from Washington to Cairo warning about a mysterious vessel steaming toward the Suez Canal. The bulk freighter named Jie Shun was flying Cambodian colors but had sailed from North Korea, the warning said, with a North Korean crew and an unknown cargo shrouded by heavy tarps.
Armed with this tip, customs agents were waiting when the ship entered Egyptian waters. They swarmed the vessel and discovered, concealed under bins of iron ore, a cache of more than 30,000 rocket-propelled grenades. It was, as a United Nations report later concluded, the "largest seizure of ammunition in the history of sanctions against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea."
But who were the rockets for? The Jie Shun's final secret would take months to resolve and would yield perhaps the biggest surprise of all: The buyers were the Egyptians themselves."
A North Korean ship was seized off Egypt with a huge cache of weapons destined for a surprising buyer
"Last August, a secret message was passed from Washington to Cairo warning about a mysterious vessel steaming toward the Suez Canal. The bulk freighter named Jie Shun was flying Cambodian colors but had sailed from North Korea, the warning said, with a North Korean crew and an unknown cargo shrouded by heavy tarps.
Armed with this tip, customs agents were waiting when the ship entered Egyptian waters. They swarmed the vessel and discovered, concealed under bins of iron ore, a cache of more than 30,000 rocket-propelled grenades. It was, as a United Nations report later concluded, the "largest seizure of ammunition in the history of sanctions against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea."
But who were the rockets for? The Jie Shun's final secret would take months to resolve and would yield perhaps the biggest surprise of all: The buyers were the Egyptians themselves."
A North Korean ship was seized off Egypt with a huge cache of weapons destined for a surprising buyer