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N. Korean Ship Reverses Course

Suspected weapons vessel may be headed back home

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(Newser) – The North Korean cargo ship being monitored by the US Navy has abruptly changed course and may be heading home, Reuters reports. The Kang Nam, believed to have been carrying arms to Burma, was being tracked under toughened UN sanctions instituted after the country's recent nuclear test. "We've no idea where it's going," said one official. "The US didn't do anything to make it turn around."

The US military is tracking the Kang Nam, which may be carrying illicit weapons. It is the first vessel monitored under tougher new UN rules.
The US military is tracking the Kang Nam, which may be carrying illicit weapons. It is the first vessel monitored under tougher new UN rules.   (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)
North Korean rally at the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang to denounce international sanctions.
North Korean rally at the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang to denounce international sanctions.   (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)
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armywife
Jul 1, 09 5:26 AM CDT
does this mean kim jong il blinked first? Reply
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drlarrymitchell
Jul 1, 09 6:11 AM CDT
Yeah, he brinked. Damn you, Hans Brix!
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Reader64481089
Jul 1, 09 6:22 PM CDT
That or whatever country they were heading blinked and radioed saying Thanks but no Thanks, or by chance Kim screwing with people which has done many times before Reply
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TerrifiedCitizen
Jul 2, 09 12:27 AM CDT
They forgot the warheads. Reply
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