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To: Tadsamillionaire who wrote (9309)	11/28/2001 2:12:09 AM
From: D. Long	Respond to of 23908

The North Koreans sold Libya a raft of medium rangers earlier this year. Good enough to reach most of the Mediterranean. Should give Europeans pause to think on that one, even if Khaddafi is behaving himself presently. Derek

To: Tadsamillionaire who wrote (9309)	11/28/2001 2:16:03 AM
From: D. Long	Respond to of 23908

I found a link: smh.com.au West jittery as Gaddafi buys Korean missiles Date: 26/09/2000 Con Coughlin in London The Libyan leader, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, has taken delivery of a consignment of North Korean ballistic missiles capable of hitting targets in Israel and NATO countries in southern Europe. The first consignment of North Korean No-Dong surface-to-surface missiles and launchers, which have a range of 1,287 kilometres, were flown to Tripoli in July by a Libyan air transporter. The consignment, which cost the Libyans an estimated $A800 million, was accompanied by nine North Korean missile engineers and technicians who will remain in Libya for two years to work on making the missiles operational. The No Dong, which is similar to the Scud missile the Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein used to attack Israel during the Gulf War in 1991, can carry either conventional, nuclear or chemical weapons warheads. "The delivery of the No Dong missile to Libya is an alarming development," a Western intelligence official said. "Once it is operational it will give Gaddafi the ability to wreak havoc in the region, just as Saddam Hussein did with his Scud missiles during the Gulf conflict." Colonel Gaddafi's attempts to buy Scud missiles were frustrated by British intelligence last year when a consignment of Scud missile parts destined for Tripoli was intercepted by British Customs in London. Despite lifting United Nations sanctions against Libya after Colonel Gaddafi handed over two former intelligence officers suspected of involvement in the Lockerbie bombing, Britain and the United States have insisted on maintaining strict controls over military trade. These are regarded as an essential safeguard to the region's stability in view of Colonel Gaddafi's well-documented support for international terrorism and his vehement opposition to the Middle East peace process. Under the terms of the deal negotiated between officials in Tripoli and Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, the North Koreans have agreed to supply Libya with 50 ballistic missile systems and seven launchers. The remainder of the missiles will be dispatched in three further consignments during the next two years. Immediately after the UN Security Council passed a resolution lifting sanctions imposed on Libya in April last year, a high-ranking delegation from the Libyan Army's procurement directorate visited North Korea's state-owned Chongchengang Corporation to negotiate directly on a deal for the No Dong missiles. The contract was signed in Tripoli last October by General Abu Bakr Jaber, the Libyan Defence Minister and army chief of staff, who also holds overall responsibility for the Libyan missile project. The Telegraph, London Emphasis is mine. Derek