園田義明めも。

ついに韓国も米国主導の「大量破壊兵器拡散阻止構想（ＰＳＩ）」に全面参加へ。

これで朝鮮半島の緊張が高まるのは必至。
ミサイルが飛び交う事態に発展する可能性もあります。

この件を取り上げた米ウォールストリート・ジャーナルの記事は、
北朝鮮の兵器販売が毎年約１５億ドルと指摘しながら、
その大口取引先として、シリア、イラン、ミャンマー、
それにヒズボラとタミル・タイガーの名前まであげています。

ヒズボラの存在により、北は再びテロ支援の烙印が押されることになるのか。
そして、この問題でもイスラエルの存在が確認できる。

どこまで本当なのかはわかりませんが、
ここに取り上げた記事を見れば、
流れはひとつの方向に集約されていることは間違いないようです。

さてどこが一番最初にキレルのでしょうか？


＜関連記事引用＞

APRIL 14, 2009
Seoul Plans Tough Action on Pyongyang
South Korea Weighs Joining Global Pact to Intercept Weapons
By EVAN RAMSTAD
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123961882570213231.html

SEOUL -- South Korea is about to make it harder for North Korea to ship missiles and components to other countries, a step that may turn out to be the highest price that Pyongyang pays for its test of a long-range missile last week.

South Korean officials on Monday said they were close to a final decision to become full participants in the U.S.-led Proliferation Security Initiative, in which countries stop suspected transporters of weapons of mass destruction and related technology on land, sea and air.

"We're making final tuning with other relevant countries," Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan said in a hearing at the National Assembly. Mr. Yu said both before and after North Korea's April 5 missile test that South Korea would likely join PSI as a penalty.
Mr. Yu said he will make his final recommendation on the matter to President Lee Myung-bak this week after more meetings with legislators. Mr. Lee has signaled his openness to the idea several times, most recently in an interview with a Thai newspaper last week. "From the perspective of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, the North's launch is raising more fears across the globe," Mr. Lee said.

The South's move comes after the United Nations Security Council over the weekend decided on the less-stringent step of issuing a statement rather than a resolution, as it did when North Korea tested a long-range missile in July 2006 and a nuclear device in October that year.

The statement, expected to be approved early this week, condemns North Korea's launch and calls for the freezing of assets of financial institutions and individuals tied to its missile program. It is unclear whether that penalty will affect Pyongyang or come off as a slap on the wrist.

South Korea's decision to join the PSI may become a stronger penalty because it means Seoul will play a bigger role in enforcing the desire of the international community to keep the North from selling weapons and related technology to other countries or terror groups.

Weapons sales provide North Korea with one of its largest sources of foreign revenue, about $1.5 billion annually, according to a recent estimate by the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis, an independent think tank in Cambridge, Mass. By comparison, North Korea's trade deficit with its largest economic partner China -- a statistic that some analysts consider the measurement of China's economic assistance to the country -- surpassed $1 billion for the first time last year.

Among North Korea's major customers for missiles, weapons and related technology are Syria, Iran and Myanmar and groups such as Hezbollah and the Tamil Tigers.

To date, the PSI has had a limited effect in halting North Korea's weapons trafficking, in part because most signatories are far from the country and thus not in position to monitor shipping traffic in and out of its ports. In one notable PSI-related intervention last year, India halted a North Korean cargo plane flying from Myanmar to Iran. U.S. officials said they believed the plane was carrying parts for missile-guidance systems.

In practice, South Korea's navy may stop North Korean ships suspected of transporting missiles or components, for instance. South Korea's previous president, Roh Moo-hyun, didn't join the PSI out of fear that such a military action might upset the North and lead to greater conflict.

In the weeks leading up to the launch, North Korea warned various countries and the U.N. not to penalize it. Pyongyang vowed to abandon the six-party talks aimed at reducing its weapons program and called South Korea's prospective involvement in PSI a "declaration of war." Last week, North Korea dissolved its agency that worked on inter-Korean affairs.

Such bellicosity and actions have bought Pyongyang no sympathy in South Korea. Over the past year, North Korea has heaped criticism on Mr. Lee after he decided to condition economic aid that the South had been providing to progress by the North on arms reduction. Seeing no such progress, South Korea eliminated about $300 million in aid to the North last year.

Two weeks ago, North Korea seized a South Korean worker at a jointly run industrial park that is considered a symbol of inter-Korean cooperation. Pyongyang accused the man of criticizing the North's government. But it hasn't specifically described the event leading to the detention or allowed South Korean officials to meet with the man -- a situation similar to its detention of two U.S. journalists on North Korea's border with China on March 17.

On Monday, South Korea's Unification Ministry, which is in charge of relations with the North and usually takes the most delicate tone, used stronger language in a statement about the detention. "North Korea's denial of basic rights, such as access by and the presence of a defense counsel, is a very unfair and inhumane act in violation of inter-Korean agreements and international practice," an agency spokesman said.


韓国、ＰＳＩに正式参加へ…ミサイル発射で方針転換
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/world/news/20090405-OYT1T00779.htm

　【ソウル＝浅野好春】韓国は、北朝鮮が踏み切った「人工衛星」名目の長距離弾道ミサイル発射を受け、米国が主導する「大量破壊兵器拡散阻止構想（ＰＳＩ）」に全面参加する方針を決めた。

　韓国政府筋が５日、明らかにした。

　朝鮮半島を取り囲む安保環境が悪化すると予想されるため、北朝鮮への新たな対抗手段として決断した。だが、北朝鮮は、ＰＳＩ全面参加を「我々への宣戦布告」と警告しており、膠着(こうちゃく)状態にある南北関係の一層の悪化は避けられない。

　韓国政府がＰＳＩへの全面参加を決めたのは、各国の再三にわたる発射自制要請にもかかわらず、北朝鮮がこれを完全に無視してミサイル発射という暴挙に出たことが大きく影響した。大量破壊兵器の核・ミサイル拡散防止に積極的に取り組む韓国の意思を、国際社会に明確に示すのが狙いだ。

　近く、米政府に正式参加を伝達する。

　韓国はこれまで、ＰＳＩの趣旨には賛同し、海上阻止訓練への参観団派遣など一部活動にオブザーバー資格では参加してきたが、すべての活動への正式参加には慎重な姿勢を示していた。

　◆大量破壊兵器拡散阻止構想（ＰＳＩ）…核・生物・化学兵器や、弾道ミサイル関連物資・技術の移転や輸送を阻止するため各国が協力する枠組み。北朝鮮などへの拡散防止を目指し、ブッシュ前米大統領が２００３年５月に提唱し、日米英仏露など８０か国以上が参加している。

（2009年4月5日22時56分 読売新聞）


イスラエルの米国籍３０人、北朝鮮とヒズボラを提訴
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/world/news/20090411-OYT1T00701.htm

　【ワシントン＝宮崎健雄】北朝鮮の協力を受けたレバノンのシーア派組織「ヒズボラ」のミサイルで被害を受けたとして、イスラエルに住む米国籍の３０人が、北朝鮮とヒズボラを相手取り、１億ドル以上の損害賠償を求める訴訟を米ワシントン連邦地裁に起こしたことが１０日、わかった。

　北朝鮮のミサイル技術が中東のテロ組織などに流出しているとの懸念が強まる中、訴訟は注目を集めそうだ。

　原告側弁護士や訴状によると、ヒズボラは２００６年夏、イスラエル北部に数千発のミサイルを発射し、原告の３０人は負傷した。紛争では計４３人が死亡、４０００人以上が負傷し、被害額は約１４億ドルにのぼった。北朝鮮はヒズボラの戦闘員に訓練や装備を提供したほか、イスラエルの空爆を避けるため、２５キロに渡る地下トンネルの建設も支援し、ミサイルの部品を提供したとされる。

　原告側弁護士は「北朝鮮は、ヒズボラのような中東のテロ組織を支援し、物資を提供する重要な役割を果たしている」とのコメントを出した。

　米議会調査局も０７年、北朝鮮による対ヒズボラ軍事支援の疑惑を指摘する報告書を発表している。米政府は、ヒズボラを国際テロ組織に指定しており、北朝鮮の支援が裁判で認定されれば、昨年解除されたテロ支援国の再指定の議論が高まる可能性もある。

（2009年4月11日19時33分 読売新聞）

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Calls mount for better missile ability
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/NEWKHSITE/data/html_dir/2009/04/09/200904090046.asp