NK Sold Scuds to Iraq, Iran, Syria & Yemen
In 2002, North Korea sold $60 million worth of Scud missiles and missile parts to Iraq, Iran, Syria and Yemen, Middle East Newsline reported. The report said Pyongyang also sold Pakistan, Syria and Yemen $30 million worth of missile technology in 1999. The combined figure for 2001 was $20 million in 2001.
"Since the middle of the 1980s, North Korea has exported 400-odd Scud missiles along with missile-related parts to the Middle East region," Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Ki-Beom, quoting the report, said.
Analysts said the North Korean delivery of 15 Scud B and Scud C missile systems in December 2002 was a major reason for the sharp increase in revenues for Pyongyang. The missile shipment was seized by a Spanish war vessel and after Yemeni threats was ordered released by the United States.
North Korean missile revenues for 2003, the analysts said, were expected to match or exceed those reported for last year. The analysts cited increased North Korean missile cooperation with Iran.
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Matt's Chat
I saw no outrage in this article by the author that North Korea apparently violated UN resolutions against trading missile technology to Iraq. Curious. Perhaps North Korea also believes that the UN is useless and wouldn't ever enforce their resolutions, especially in Iraq.I am wondering if perhaps France isn't a part of the Axis of Evil afterall...they seem to have taken similar actions as those nations who are a part of it... Although, even I will admit that France would be the Diet Coke of Evil in the Axis...just one calorie...not quite evil enough...
Mark's Remarks
Wow, SCUDs and new ones were banned from Iraq and other nations by the UN.....hmm.....guess there were no weapons delivery systems there, huh? Guess we should have just let ol Saddam build up his reserves and hold Israel and other nations hostage, or worse yet, cause Israel to go nuclear? Yeah, that would be so much better than establishing a new democratic Iraq....As to North Korea and France, they expressed some of the most outrage at us going into Iraq...I think more and more it is because they did not want to be caught with their hands in Saddam's illegal weapons cookiejar, taking money from the evil dictator. Of course, really, why should North Korea care, it is only the UN sanctioning them. Here lately, that and 25cents might get you a play at donkey kong.....
Heck, Bill Clinton helped broker selling and giving tech to North Korea and Red China...why shouldnt North Korea return the favor by selling our enemy weapons systems? Sounds fair to me...
As for France...saw an interesting article on ebay: french rifle, used, never fired, dropped on ground once.....They are the true hypocrites of this entire deal, as are their liberal supporters, like le, Jean Kerry, Nikita Dean, and Wesley Clark.
