NATO intercepts military cargo ship bound for Eritrea - UN
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May 11, 2011(ADDIS ABABA) - NATO Naval forces have reportedly captured
a heavy weapon carrying cargo ship destined to Eritrea in the
international waters of the Indian Ocean.
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NATO forces in the Indian Ocean (NATO)
NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is a military alliance
between the US and various European countries. It is currently engaged
in the bombing of Libya.
A UN monitoring group report this week revealed that the cargo
originally shipped from North Korea was carrying 15 tonnes of rockets,
surface to air missiles and explosives worth $US15 million.
In December 2009, the UN Security Council imposed sanctions against
Eritrea, which include an arms embargo, travel restrictions and a
freeze on the assets of its political and military leaders for an
alleged involvement in training and supplying weapons to Al-Qaida and
links Somali Islamic rebels.
After the UN Security Council passed the resolution against the red
sea nation, the Southern Red Sea and the Indian Ocean have
increasingly been monitored by multi-national naval forces mainly from
the US, France and Germany, to maintain security and international law
in the waters.
The Somalia and Eritrea Monitoring Group have been accusing the
Government of Eritrea being a regional destabilising factor by its
continued political, financial and allegedly military assistance to
armed opposition groups in Somalia.
There are allegations that Eritrea has been importing arms from
Eastern Europe and Asia.
Ethiopia has recently threatened to attack Eritrea to stop an alleged
continued terrorist acts and the armies of both sides have remained on
high alert then after. Eritrea became independent from Ethiopia,
making its larger neighbour landlocked, in 1993 following 30 years of
struggle however the two neighbours fought a 1998-2000 war over their
disputed border that killed over 70,000 people.
(ST)
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