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Arms found on ship bound from NKorea to Iran
AFP30-Aug-2009 (one comment)
Weapons including rocket-propelled grenades were found on an Australian-owned ship seized by the United Arab Emirates while travelling from North Korea to Iran, Australia's transport minister confirmed Sunday.
Anthony Albanese said Australia was investigating the vessel ANL Australia, which was reportedly stopped earlier this month carrying a shipment of North Korean arms.
"I can confirm that that is the case," Albanese told Channel Nine television when asked whether weapons including grenade launchers were found on the ship.
The vessel's seizure marks the first time a nation has acted on UN sanctions to stop the communist state's arms proliferation, a UN diplomat told AFP Friday.
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by Jahanshah Javid on Sun Aug 30, 2009 02:02 AM PDTI'm no fan of either the Islamic Republic of North Korea, is purchasing conventional weapons illegal? It seems like UN sanctions on North Korea includes weapons sales but there's no UN ban on Iran buying weapons as far as I know.