Panama to release most of crew of North Korean ship
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Panama: Weapons in N Korean ship are operational
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Authorities found two MiG fighter jets, along with two missile systems and radar and electrical equipment, in a North Korean ship traveling from Cuba to North Korea. Panama has asked UN to investigate the ship and its cargo to see if it is in violation of a UN embargo on arms to North Korea.
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Authorities released former CIA Milan station head Robert Seldon Lady yesterday. He is reportedly headed back to the US.
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Ex-CIA Milan base chief convicted of kidnapping ‘detained in Panama’
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Robert Seldon Lady, a former CIA station head in Milan, Italy, was detained by Panamanian authorities on July 17. Interpol had issued a warrant for his arrest; Italy is seeking his extradition after he was convicted in absentia in 2009 along with a number of other CIA agents for their roles in the 2003 rendition of Osama Mustafa Hasan Nasr a.k.a. Abu Omar, a Milan-based extremist Egyptian cleric who was allegedly involved in recruiting suicide bombers for Ansar al-Islam in Iraq.
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Panamanian authorities launched a “major investigation” after anti-drug personnel searched a North Korean ship headed from Cuba through the Panama Canal and found containers of “sophisticated missile equipment” hidden beneath a cargo of sugar. The North Korean captain attempted suicide, and the crew tried to resist the seizure of the ship by Panamanian forces. The captain and crew have been detained.
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North Korea ship, believed to be carrying ballistic missiles from Cuba, seized by Panama
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