Large-scale WMD drill launched off Japan

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Source: AFP

Large-scale WMD drill launched off Japan
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YOKOSUKA, Japan (AFP) — A 41-country exercise aimed at stopping the trade in weapons of mass destruction was launched off Japan on Saturday, officials said.

Ships and planes from Australia, Britain, France, Japan, New Zealand, and the United States were deployed on day one of the three-day drill in the Sea of Sagami off Tokyo Bay, Japanese officials said.

China and South Korea were notable absentees from Pacific Shield 07, the 23rd drill under the Proliferation Security Initiative put forward by US President George W. Bush in 2003.

Singapore sent only personnel to the joint operation, including mock chases, searches and a simulated chemical spill, which is being watched by observers from 34 countries.

In 2005, China, a close ally of North Korea, decided against joining the initiative, citing concerns that it could violate charters protecting ships from searches and seizure.

But analysts said China was concerned about disrupting progress in six-party talks to dismantle North Korea's nuclear arms programmes. South Korea, which has followed a policy of reconciliation with the North, also stayed away.

PSI has been backed by 15 core countries, including the United States, Russia, Japan, France, Germany and Britain. Some 60 other nations have been cooperating with it.


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1. SHAME ON JAPAN - japan complicit in huge violence campaign

if japan is truly concerned about WMD they would raise their interest rates to the 'market rate' and not keep them artificially beaten down allowing US war mongers and genocidal maniacs to borrow in Japan at 1% - invest in other countries at 6% + and capture the spread as 'free money' that is used to make war, kill people, destroy democracy around the world including in the US. Japan is financing America's genocide in Iraq and at home.. Japan is not a pacifist nation if you include their role in financing America's BlackWater gas chambers.. Japan is drowning in easy-money blood... SHAME ON JAPAN - SHAME ON JAPAN - SHAME ON JAPAN - SHAME ON JAPAN - SHAME ON JAPAN

[Buns_of_Fire]

2. Mock chases, searches, and a simulated chemical spill.

and his bestest buddies playing cowboys and indians again, I see.