「テロ支援国家指定解除は拉致被害者解放など条件」ちゅうんだけどさ

　なんとも嬉しそうな記事だこと。
拉致被害者解放など条件、北のテロ支援国家指定解除　米共和党主導で

　複数の議会筋によると、法案は指定解除の「基準」として（１）日本人拉致被害者の解放（２）シリアやイランなどテロ支援国家への核・ミサイル関連物資・技術の移転禁止（３）恒久的で検証可能な形での核計画廃棄－などを盛り込んでいる。
　北朝鮮がシリアの核開発を支援、イスラエル軍がシリアの核開発関連施設を空爆したとの疑惑が浮上する中、親イスラエルの民主党議員が新法案に同調する動きも出ているという。

けどさ、今のところこの法案が目立って騒ぎになっているという風はないんだな。

　さて、問題の疑惑中のはこれなんだが
N Korean ship 'linked to Israel's strike on Syria'

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.

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.

"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.

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.

韓国船であるように偽装した北朝鮮の船がシリアの港に入ったっと。
そしてその三日後にイスラエルがシリアの核関連施設かも知れない施設を爆撃した、こんな話ですね。
そして北朝鮮船がスエズ運河を通過する際には恒常的に韓国船を偽装しているそうですわ、なにやってんだかね国連加盟国は。（爆

　ロイターの記事に拠れば

The Washington Post, citing unnamed sources, last week reported that intelligence gathered over the past six months had led some U.S. officials to believe Syria was receiving help from North Korea on some sort of nuclear facility. The intelligence, including satellite imagery, suggested the facility could be used to produce material for nuclear weapons, the Post said.

ということなんで、核開発施設であることは疑いはなさそうですが、北朝鮮はそういう事実を否定している、まあするだろうけど．．．

　でアメリカですが、先に書いたように今のところこの法案はニュースにはなってない。
関連した記述があるのは、下に貼ったNew York Timesの「Bush Declines to Lift Veil of Secrecy Over Israeli Airstrike on Syria」という記事に

He emphasized that he was speaking generally, not specifically, about whether North Korea provided assistance to Syria. "I'm not going to comment on the matter," Mr. Bush repeated twice when asked about the strike at a news conference at the White House. When pressed, he added, "Saying I'm not going to comment on the matter means I'm not going to comment on the matter." Mr. Bush's remarks - a relatively rare instance of a president flatly declining to comment - also reflected the extraordinary secrecy here in Washington surrounding the raid.

と、そしてWashington Postの「Israel, U.S. Shared Data On Suspected Nuclear Site」という記事に

Bush refused to comment yesterday on the attack, but he issued a blunt warning to North Korea that "the exportation of information and/or materials" would affect negotiations under which North Korea would give up its nuclear programs in exchanges for energy aid and diplomatic recognition. "To the extent that they are proliferating, we expect them to stop that proliferation, if they want the six-party talks to be successful," he said at a news conference, referring to negotiations that also include China, Japan, South Korea and Russia.

とあるだけです。

　また、　以下はホワイトハウスのブリーフィングでのやりとりすが、「クリントンの政策を批判しまくったブッシュ政権が同じドツボにいるんじゃないのか？」という鋭い質問に報道官Dana Perinoはひたすら逃げまくっておりますなｗ

Q Dana, the White House is very dedicated to setting the record straight, as we all know, on reporting that you deem to be inaccurate. Is the reporting about the strike against Syria by Israel as reported by The Washington Post today accurate?
MS. PERINO: David, I'm not able to comment, as much as -- I don't know, and I'm not able to comment. I don't know.
Q Were you going to say, "as much as you'd like to"?
MS. PERINO: As much as I'd like to be able to --
Q Really?
MS. PERINO: -- let some air out of the balloon on this story, I don't know and I just can't comment.
Q But there's nothing inaccurate about that, as far as you know?
MS. PERINO: I'm not saying one way or the other whether it's accurate.
Q Do you think that this administration has been naive about the North Koreans while pursuing an effort to get them to abandon their weapons program; that it didn't realize that just as you all accused the Clinton people of being naive, that you were being double-dealt by the North Koreans; that they might have been saying one thing and doing another in this case, as well?
MS. PERINO: No, I think we've been very clear-eyed about the North Koreans, and I think that Ambassador Chris Hill, who has helped shepherd the six-party talk process, has brought some accountability to them. I think we've started to see some success. But we're clear-eyed about the situation and the dangers. And that's one of the reasons the President set up the Proliferation Security Initiative, not just in regards to North Korea, but other countries. We need to continue to push on that.
Many countries are participating now. One of the things the President talked about in many of these bilateral meetings is more and continued participation in that, so we can stop proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
Q Does the administration suspect or know for certain that the North Koreans helped the Syrians in any way?
MS. PERINO: I'm not going to comment, and I don't know.

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