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Article: NORWAY: INSURANCE FIRM DISAVOWS ARMS SHIPMENT TO ZIMBABWE.
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- Interpress Service
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- April 23, 2008
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By Tarjei Kidd Olsen
OSLO, Norway, Apr. 22, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- A Norwegian marine insurance company has decried the attempt of one of its clients, a Chinese cargo shipping company, to transport weapons to Zimbabwe.
The Norwegian company's provision of insurance to the internationally condemned cargo ship may be illegal, according to Norweigian law. A company spokesman has condemned the transport, adding that they it not know the ship was carrying weapons.
The Chinese-controlled An Yue Jiang is reportedly carrying 3 million rounds of ammunition, 1,500 rocket-propelled grenades and 2,500 mortar rounds destined for President Robert Mugabe's ...