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Saturday, September 08, 2012
Sierra Leone Removes Iranian Ships from Register
Sierra Leone is supporting sanctions by removing Iranian vessels from the West African nation's shipping register. Read more.
Foreign Confidential™ comment: Foreign-flagged Iranian ships are more than troublesome; they are menacing--potential security threats. Not for nothing have Iran and its partner in proliferation, North Korea, jointly test-fired ballistic missiles from cargo vessels. They could be used to attack coastal cities in the United States and Israel. A nuclear missile fired from a seemingly civilian ship could also be used to launch an EMP attack. Thousands of freighters approach U.S. coastal waters daily; there is no known defense against a missile fired from such a ship. Google Scud-in-a-bucket and canister launch; or search Foreign Confidential™ for archived articles about the threat that Congressional commissions have long warned about but successive U.S. administrations have inexplicably ignored.
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