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White House: US may confront ships near NKorea
By CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press Writer
1 hr 9 mins ago
WASHINGTON The Obama administration said Friday it is prepared to confront ships believed to be carrying contraband materials to North Korea but will not try to forcibly board them, in accordance with new U.N. sanctions.
White House officials said they expect North Korea to act "irresponsibly" to the sanctions, imposed Friday by the U.N. Security Council in response to the communist nation's recent nuclear tests. The sanctions include expanding an arms embargo and authorizing searches of ships thought to be carrying banned items to North Korea, such as materials that could be used in weapons.
Susan Rice, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said U.S. officials would seek permission to board such ships to inspect them. If they refuse, she said, the United States will try to work with the ship's home nation "and others to direct that vessel to an appropriate port for the mandatory inspection" outlined in the U.N. sanctions.
If a ship refuses to be diverted, Rice said, U.S. officials "will take all necessary action" to publicize its ownership, what it is thought to be carrying and other information. The goal, she said, it "to shine a spotlight on it" and make it more difficult for others to help the ship complete its journey, such as refueling it.
Rice also said the United States will "ramp up and intensify" its efforts to gather and disseminate information about suspect ships. Other nations, she said, must "uphold their obligations to inspect in their territorial waters."...
No longer moreso than the US regarding NK, Iran, Iraq, and host of to be named teams. We are now on the downside of history and proud to be!That's called a blockade and is considered internationally as an act of war. Now, where are the British, French, German and other UN ships to participate in this blockade? Where are the other members of the UN when it comes to strong arming a hostile country like N. Korea? The UN is a complete joke.
