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President Bush’s new “proliferation security initiative” calls for forcing down aircraft and boarding ships suspected of carrying weapons from North Korea, Iran, Syria and Libya.
The plan is set to be unveiled next week when officials from 11 western nations meet in Australia.
The goal of Bush’s plan is simple – stop the shipments of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons material between rogue nations.
As a side benefit of the program, U.S. officials believe they will intercept illegal drugs and currency earned from illegal weapons sales.
U.S. officials have been reluctant to talk about the legality of such moves under international law.
They stop short of calling the program a blockade. But that is precisely how one of those nations – North Korea – is likely to view it. Pyongyang’s Kim Jong-il has said in the past he would consider the boarding of its ships an act of war.
The plan also calls for blocking money transfers for weapons, pressuring suppliers and buyers and denying overflight rights to aircraft carrying contraband.
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