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北朝鮮貨物船が韓国の国旗掲げシリア入港=英紙
英紙デーリー・テレグラフは、北朝鮮の貨物船が最近、韓国の国旗を掲げシリアの港に停泊した後、姿を消していたことが分かったと18日報じた。
問題の貨物船は、イスラエルがシリア北東部を攻撃する3日前にシリアのタルトゥース港に現われ、韓国の国旗を掲げ、セメントとみられる貨物を下ろした後、行方をくらましたという。
同紙によると、貨物船は「アル・ハメド」という船名で1700トン規模。イスラエルのデータ分析家、ロネン・ソロモン氏は、地中海を定期的に運航している船ではなく、昨年6月末にスエズ運河を通過したことがあると話している。
ソロモン氏は、イスラエルによるシリア空襲の情報を聞き、空襲1日前までにシリアの港湾に出入りした船舶を追跡した結果、5隻が浮上し、うち1隻が北朝鮮に関係する「アル・ハメド」だったという。
ソロモン氏によれば、北朝鮮船舶がスエズ運河を通過する際、韓国国旗を掲揚するのは、国際的な圧力を避けるための典型的な方法だという。
貨物船の航路記録によれば、7月28日にタルトゥース港に停泊した後、9月3日にも再寄港した。しかし、同船がその後、黒海、地中海、または別海域のいずれに向かったかは不明だという。
ソロモン氏は「この北朝鮮船舶は数カ月前まで北朝鮮企業が所有しており、現在は別の船主に譲渡されている」と指摘した。
NEWSIS/朝鮮日報JNS
http://www.chosunonline.com/article/20070919000005
ソースと思われるテレグラフ記事では「韓国船籍で登録」となっています。
N Korean ship 'linked to Israel's strike on Syria'
By Tim Butcher in Jerusalem
Last Updated: 2:31am BST 18/09/2007
A suspicious North Korean freighter that re-flagged itself as South Korean before off-loading an unknown cargo at the Syrian port of Tartous is at the centre of efforts today to investigate Israel's recent airstrike on Syria.
An Israeli on-line data analyst, Ronen Solomon, found an internet trace for the 1,700-tonne cargo ship, Al Hamed, which showed the vessel started to off-load what Syrian officials categorised as "cement" on Sept 3.
This was three days before Israeli jets attacked a site in the north eastern desert of Syria, not far from its border with Iraq.
Since leaving Tartous, one of Syria's main ports on the Mediterranean, the ship's trace has disappeared and it is not known whether western intelligence agencies are tracking the vessel.
"I became suspicious after the first reports from Syria about the attack so I traced all traffic into Syrian ports in the days prior to the incident," Mr Solomon said.
"There were five ships but the interesting one was the one with a connection to North Korea - the Al Hamed."
He said he cross-referred to other maritime databases to establish the ship was not a regular visitor to the Mediterranean but had come through the Suez Canal in late June.
It had registered itself for the Suez transit as a South Korean vessel but Mr Solomon said this was standard procedure for North Korean ships seeking to avoid international constraints on North Korea.
Records showed the vessel docked at Tartous on July 28 before going back to sea and then returning to the port on Sept 3. "Since then there is no trace so I have no idea if she has gone up into the Black Sea or is still in the Mediterranean or whatever," Mr Solomon said.
Israel has not given any details on the operation.
Last week, US officials suggested that North Korea had sought to export some of its nuclear technology and equipment to Syria but the Israelis had been tipped off, so they arranged a pre-emptive strike on a sensitive shipment.
Mr Solomon said the Al Hamed was owned by a North Korean business until a few months ago when ownership changed hands to an as yet unidentified new owner.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/09/17/wsyria117.xml