North Korea and Iran appear to have been regularly exchanging ballistic missile technology in violation of U.N. sanctions, according to a confidential United Nations report obtained by Reuters on Saturday.
The report said that the illicit technology transfers had "trans-shipment through a neighboring third country." That country was China, several diplomats told Reuters on condition of anonymity.
Wait. What? Seriously? Proliferation?
China was not happy about the shout out, apparently, hence the fact that the report is "confidential."
Next you'll tell me that North Korea is selling nuclear technology!
Oh, keep reading, I guess:
Beijing has prevented the publication of expert panel reports on North Korea and Sudan in the past. Earlier this week, Russia took similar steps to suppress an equally damning expert panel report on Iran.
The report said the possibility of exports of weapons-grade nuclear material from North Korea or nuclear technology to other countries remains a concern and presents "new challenges to international non-proliferation efforts."
The UN is too weak-kneed to publish reports about threats to world peace let alone act to stop them. How Khaddafi caught their eye is beyond me.
