Sunday, March 29, 2009

Iran Missile Experts In North Korea 'To Help With Rocket Launch'

Japan warships have been deployed as North Korea prepares its rocket launch. (AP Photo/Kyodo News, Yuki Sato)

From Times Online:

Missile experts from Iran are in North Korea to help Pyongyang prepare for its rocket launch, according to reports.

Amid increasing global concern over the rocket launch, believed by the US and its allies to be an illegal missile launch, Japan's Sankei Shimbun newspaper claimed today a 15-strong delegation from Tehran has been in the country advising the North Koreans since the beginning of March.

The Iranian experts include senior officials with Iranian rocket and satellite producer Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group, the daily said.

The Iranians brought a letter from Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il stressing the importance of cooperating on space technology, it added.

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My Comment: This story gets more interesting with each passing day. If true .... I guess there was some truth to the concept that an axis of evil exists.

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