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islander · « **on:** July 22, 2013, 02:01:07 PM »

Panama finds MiG fighter jets on North Korean arms ship

Panamanian forensic workers close a container holding a MiG-21 fighter jet seized from the North Korean-flagged ship Chong Chon Gang, during investigations at the Manzanillo Container Terminal in Colon city July 21, 2013. REUTERS-Carlos Jasso

By Lomi Kriel
COLON, Panama | Sun Jul 21, 2013 9:32pm EDT

(Reuters) - Panamanian investigators unloading the cargo of a seized North Korean ship that carried arms from Cuba have found the two MiG-21 fighter jets the Cuban government had said were on board, the government said on Sunday.

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islander · « **Reply #1 on:** July 22, 2013, 02:02:14 PM »

Alongside the two supersonic planes, originally produced by the Soviet Union in the late 1950s, officials found two missile radar systems on board the Chong Chon Gang, President Ricardo Martinelli told reporters in the Atlantic port of Colon.

The discovery, which included cables and electrical equipment, was made inside containers on the ship Panama had feared might contain explosive material. None was found.

After stopping the vessel bound for North Korea last week, Panama revealed it had found weapons in the cargo hold late on Monday. In response, Cuba said the shipment contained a range of "obsolete" arms being sent to North Korea for repair.

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islander · « **Reply #2 on:** July 22, 2013, 02:09:52 PM »

A Panamaian forensic worker carries out investigations on a container holding an object in the shape of a radar seized from the North Korean-flagged ship Chong Chon Gang at the Manzanillo Container Terminal in Colon city July 21, 2013. REUTERS-Carlos Jasso

Panama has asked the U.N. Security Council to investigate the ship and its contents amid suspicion that the vessel is in breach of a wide-ranging arms embargo on North Korea for its nuclear and ballistic missile program.

"One can't take undeclared weapons through the Panama Canal below other cargo," Martinelli said, adding that he had not spoken personally to any Cuban officials since they first asked for the ship to be released last Saturday.

Javier Caraballo, Panama's top anti-drugs prosecutor, said the planes gave off a strong odor of gasoline, indicating that they had likely been used recently. So far, Panama has not found anything not on the Cubans' list of ordnance, he added.

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islander · « **Reply #3 on:** July 22, 2013, 02:16:54 PM »

Panamanian forensic workers close a container holding a MiG-21 fighter jet seized from the North Korean-flagged ship Chong Chon Gang, during investigations at the Manzanillo Container Terminal in Colon city July 21, 2013. REUTERS-Carlos Jasso

The U.N. team is expected to arrive in early August once Panama has finished unloading the 155 meter (510 foot) ship.

The weapons were hidden under thousands of sacks of sugar on the freighter. Before the arms were discovered, Cuba told Panama the cargo was a donation of sugar for the people of North Korea.

The isolated Asian nation has asked Panama to release the ship and its 35 member crew, who were arrested and charged with attempting to smuggle undeclared weapons through the canal.

Panama has so far dismissed North Korea's requests.

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diablo · « **Reply #4 on:** July 22, 2013, 02:21:47 PM »

sorry for intruding on your thread. naka hinomdom lang ko sa ahong kagahapon. i crewed on board cargo ships, container ships, tankers etc.

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islander · « **Reply #5 on:** July 22, 2013, 02:28:13 PM »

you're not intruding. this is a forum. just don't start ranting endlessly in every thread about your tiresome fantasies so this whole ship called tubagbohol won't sink with you.

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diablo · « **Reply #6 on:** July 22, 2013, 02:31:30 PM »

and i hope hubag would stop occupying all the topics in this forum. quid pro quo

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islander · « **Reply #7 on:** July 22, 2013, 02:35:03 PM »

stop obsessing with hubag. it is making you crazier than you already are. hubag is his own business. you are yours. besides, aside from you, no one else is complaining about hubag.

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islander · « **Reply #8 on:** July 22, 2013, 02:36:01 PM »

most of us enjoy hubag's post. you alone are enjoying yours. a food for thought.

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diablo · « **Reply #9 on:** July 22, 2013, 02:40:05 PM »

tell hubag to stop calling me an idiot. no more rants and fantasies. stop dreaming that i am rich and powerful so i will scare hubag.

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diablo · « **Reply #10 on:** July 22, 2013, 02:42:07 PM »

most of us enjoy hubag's post. you alone are enjoying yours. a food for thought.

oh yes. i read and re read my posts. so there will be so many views

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diablo · « **Reply #11 on:** July 22, 2013, 02:45:48 PM »

the ONE AND ONLY STORY OF BALONG had 140154 Views. got tired of reading them again and again so i stopped

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islander · « **Reply #12 on:** July 22, 2013, 02:50:20 PM »

good decision. it looks like you eventually got tired of reading about yourself.

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diablo · « **Reply #13 on:** July 22, 2013, 02:52:33 PM »

i regretted it. now im trying to make another box office hit. SUMMER of 2014

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diablo · « **Reply #14 on:** July 22, 2013, 02:54:11 PM »

good day madame and GOD BLESS YOU

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diablo · « **Reply #15 on:** July 22, 2013, 02:58:14 PM »

dedicated to miss isla mendoza

"You Make Me Feel Brand New"

I just wanted to tell you this

My love
I'll never find the words, my love
To tell you how I feel, my love
Mere words could not explain

Precious love
You held my life within your hands
Created everything I am
You taught me how to live again

Only you
Cared when I needed a friend
Believed in me through thick and thin
This song is for you, filled with gratitude and love

God bless you
You make me feel brand new
For God blessed me with you
And you make me feel brand new
I sing this song 'cause you make me feel brand new

My love
Whenever I was insecure
You built me up and made me sure
You gave my pride back to me

Precious friend
With you I'll always have a friend
You're someone who I can depend
To walk a path that's sometimes back

Without you
My life has no meaning or rhyme
Like notes to a song out of time
How can I repay you for having faith in me?

God bless you
You make me feel brand new
For God blessed me with you
And you make me feel brand new
I sing this song for you, yes

God bless you
You make me feel brand new
I sing this song for you
You make me feel brand new

For God blessed me with you
And you make me feel brand new
I sing this song for you

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islander · « **Reply #16 on:** July 22, 2013, 03:01:01 PM »

tell hubag to stop calling me an idiot. no more rants and fantasies. stop dreaming that i am rich and powerful so i will scare hubag.

1. sometimes, we deserve the name that we get, especially if we think we are most interesting such that we alone deserve the word idiot.

2. sometimes, we just have to believe that there are many idiots in the world. no one idiot stands alone.

3. sometimes, we are so scared of the rich and powerful, we tend to believe others are just as scared.

4. at all times, it is better to be scared of zombies rather than of the rich and powerful.

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diablo · « **Reply #17 on:** July 22, 2013, 03:01:45 PM »

you were my analyst before. and now you hate me. good bye islander

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islander · « **Reply #18 on:** July 22, 2013, 03:05:32 PM »

since when did i become an analyst of yours, with the tag "my" that you so freely use? i am in nobody's employ, mind.

then you sink down to self-pity, as in concluding that the word "hate" is for you.

grow up, balong.

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diablo · « **Reply #19 on:** July 22, 2013, 03:11:49 PM »

unsa gani tong imong thread. secret messages of balong

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diablo · « **Reply #20 on:** July 22, 2013, 03:15:22 PM »

not exactly sure. but something like that. lisod ning naa na tay dementia. not that i am self pitying

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diablo · « **Reply #21 on:** July 22, 2013, 03:16:54 PM »

tang tyd

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diablo · « **Reply #22 on:** July 22, 2013, 03:18:26 PM »

i always enjoy trading barbs with you. even if i cannot win

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islander · « **Reply #23 on:** July 22, 2013, 03:18:52 PM »

unsa gani tong imong thread. secret messages of balong

go to the psychiatric ward. you will find it there.

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diablo · « **Reply #24 on:** July 22, 2013, 03:21:39 PM »

you make me laugh. you energize me. you make me feel brand new. id be willing to go to the psychiatric ward if you agree to be my nurse

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islander · « **Reply #25 on:** July 22, 2013, 03:30:48 PM »

balong's nurse

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diablo · « **Reply #26 on:** July 22, 2013, 03:35:38 PM »

thought ill win this round. bantog rang na dugay ug reply. ngita diay ug substitite nurse. i cannot win. i give up

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islander · « **Reply #27 on:** July 22, 2013, 04:33:27 PM »

this is not the only thread i'm reading, by the way.

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islander · « **Reply #28 on:** July 22, 2013, 04:35:00 PM »

and what's with the obsession with winning? it's as if life is to be lived only as a rat race.

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