WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The United States has received intelligence data that
North Korea delivered 24 No-Dong intermediate-range missiles to Egypt.U.S. intelligence sources said the CIA has reported this to both the
Bush administration and Congress. The sources said Egypt is believed to have
obtained a shipment of 24 No-Dong missiles in the last half of 2001.The sources said the No-Dong missiles did not contain engines. But they
said Egypt is believed to have received a separate shipment of up to 50
North Korean engines via Libya."It's a slap in the face to all those who have been working to stop the
Egyptian-North Korean missile cooperation program," an intelligence source
said. "Egypt pledged that it wasn't seeking the No-Dong or its engine and
then acquired both."
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