Iran and North Korea Playing World For Fools

Iran and North Korea were included in the Axis of Evil with good reason. They've been conspiring with each other for quite some time now. They've shared all manner of technology, including nuclear technologies, and now we learn that a major weapons shipment destined for Iran from North Korea was intercepted by the UAE.

he United Arab Emirates has seized a ship carrying North Korean-manufactured munitions, detonators, explosives and rocket-propelled grenades bound for Iran in violation of United Nations sanctions, diplomats said.

The UAE two weeks ago notified the UN Security Council of the seizure, according to the diplomats, who spoke on condition they aren’t named because the communication hasn’t been made public. They said the ship, owned by an Australian subsidiary of a French company and sailing under a Bahamian flag, was carrying 10 containers of arms disguised as oil equipment.

The council committee that monitors enforcement of UN sanctions against North Korea wrote letters to Iran and the government in Pyongyang asking for explanations of the violation, and one to the UAE expressing appreciation for the cooperation, the envoys said. No response has been received and the UAE has unloaded the cargo, they said.

The UAE and Iranian missions to the UN didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment. The Financial Times reported the weapons seizure earlier today.

There are sanctions in place against North Korea, but that hasn't been stopping them from engaging in this kind of process. In fact, they tried shipping these weapons under the misnomer - machine parts.

In fact, North Korea seems to revel in playing the bad boy and continues its deadly games. North Korea attempted to ship weapons to Myanmar, but was thwarted by the US Navy.

These regimes feel free to continue engaging in this behavior because they know that the UN is incapable of stopping them, and the US appears unwilling to take any action stronger than referring the matter to the UN.