Report: Plane With North Korean Weapons Was Bound for Iran
A North Korean transport plane and its cargo of arms was on its way to Iran before being confiscated in December in Thailand, according to a newly leaked Thai government report (see GSN, Jan. 29).
The report was written by the Thai Foreign Ministry and submitted to the United Nations, the New York Times reported. However, the findings are not meant to be definitive, said a Thai government spokesman, as investigations into the Dec. 11 seizure of some 35 tons of North Korean-made weaponry in Bangkok are ongoing (see GSN, Dec. 14, 2009).
Information on the final destination of the transport plane and its cargo of fuses, possible missile components, rockets and rocket-propelled grenades has been scant and sometimes conflicting.
“We don’t know exactly where the plane was going,” Thai government spokesman Panitan Wattanayagorn, said yesterday, adding that the aircraft’s submitted flight plan contained several destinations in addition to Tehran’ Mehrabad Airport. “The cargo could have been offloaded at any of those destinations” (Fuller/Choe, New York Times, Jan. 31).
Source: Global Security Newswire
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