Posted on 02/09/03
Who speaks for Canada?
In December, 2002, Spanish marines, acting on a request from the United States, boarded the So San, a North Korean freighter crossing the Arabian Sea. Hidden under the bags of cement listed on the manifest were 15 Scud missiles. When Yemeni officials declared they had purchased the missiles for defensive purposes, the Spanish and U.S. governments allowed the delivery to proceed: Neither Yemen nor North Korea is a member of the Missile Technology Control Regime, and in any event, that regime provides only voluntary guidelines.
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