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Old 2012-04-20, 10:43   Link #20995
SeijiSensei
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North Korean Missile Launcher Appears Based on Chinese Design

The Chinese launcher was designed after the institution of UN sanctions against the DPRK, so technically the Chinese might be in breach despite being a Permanent Member of the Security Council. The BBC commentator seems to think this will all be swept under the rug with a claim of "dual-use" technology.

The BBC is also running a story about the Bo case on its world news telecasts that includes an interview with a tearful ex-billionaire now in hiding who says he and his family were tortured by Bo's minions and his brother murdered. The thrust of the story is that Bo was targeting wealthy Chinese and seizing their holdings. In this context it makes me wonder whether Gu's efforts to move substantial sums out of the country via Heywood was an effort to keep her husband from getting his hands on the money. Perhaps she worried that if Heywood talked, Bo might try to have his wife killed. (The story has not yet appeared on the BBC's web site.)
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