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To: James F. Hopkins who wrote (321)	11/4/2001 8:41:15 PM
From: RocketMan	Respond to of 827

While we're obsessing with whatever cave Bin Laden may be hiding in, the enemy can continue to build an infrastructure around our ports. The radical moslems may not be able to infiltrate our ports directly, but they can use our more capable enemies as a way in. I note, for example, that COSCO is a thinly disguised branch of the Chinese military, able to run very dangerous cargo around the world on their container ships. Here's a few tidbits I've found: COSCO is the flag carrier for the China military, hauling arms exported by the Chinese government including nuclear weapons. U.S. Navy photos show COSCO cargo ships carrying C.802 missile armed patrol boats bound for Iran and tons of depleted uranium tank shells for Pakistan. COSCO ships have carried jet fighters, missile parts and tanks for export to Iran, Iraq, Syria and Libya. U.S. Senate and Canadian intelligence have described COSCO as the “merchant marine” for China’s military. COSCO vessels have been apprehended carrying assault rifles into California and missile technology and biological-chemical weapons components into North Korea, Iraq, Iran and Pakistan. COSCO ships have been used by the Chinese government to ship missiles, jet fighters and components of weapons of mass destruction to nations such as North Korea, Libya, Iraq, Iran and Pakistan. COSCO has over 600 merchant ships in its fleet, which makes it larger than the U.S. merchant marine during World War II and the PLA’s literature refers to COSCO vessels as zhanjian, or ‘warships’.