“North Korea has long supported Palestinian militant groups, and North Korean arms have previously been documented amongst interdicted supplies,” Jenzen-Jones told the AP.

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      Was NK ever not an official enemy?

      This feels more like Greatest Hits Enemies. Fully waiting for them to claim the Barbary Pirates were in on it, too.

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        The DPRK gave a bunch of weapons to China, who gave a bunch of weapons to Iran, who gave a bunch of weapons to Hezbollah, who gave a bunch of weapons to Hamas, so by the transitive property, the DPRK gave a bunch of weapons to Hamas.

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      Weren’t DPRK-made RPG warheads seen in action a couple weeks ago? I’m not sure what the chain of custody is like, but I wasn’t previously aware that their weapons were in circulation like old Soviet or Chinese stock