[TigerLikesRooster]

OK, an interesting week coming up. World Cup Mania among S. Koreans will be dealt a major letdown when Chia Head tries to demonstrate again who calls the ultimate shots in Korean Peninsula.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Ping!

[ASA Vet]

N. Korea could launch their missile between 18th and 19th.

What date falls between?

[garbageseeker]

The missile launch is a extremely provocative act on the part of the North Koreans. They have a funny way of showing that they want to "talk peace" with the United States and Japan. This is the reason why we need the USA needs an ABM screen

[Cindy]

CROSSPOSTING Additional link:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1650970/posts

"N. Korea: New Taepodong on launch pad(launch as early as this Sunday)"
Asahi Shimbun ^ | 06/17/06

Posted on 06/17/2006 1:05:02 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster

"New Taepodong on launch pad"

06/17/2006

THE ASAHI SHIMBUN

[garbageseeker]

Kim Jung Il thinks he calls the shots on the Korean Peninsula. The U.S. Government really calls the shots on the peninsula with 100,000 U.S. Army regulars armed with tactical nuclear weapons.

[Valin]

N. Korean Missile Crisis Rising

Crisis? What Crisis? No Crisis here
/Sarcasm


North Korea denies it's about to test missile
Associated Press (excerpt) ^ | June 17, 2006


Posted on 06/17/2006 9:06:42 AM CDT by HAL9000
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1651046/posts

Excerpt -


TOKYO - North Korean officials denied that the country is preparing to test-launch a missile, a news report said Saturday, citing a South Korean official.
Visiting officials from the North told a South Korean lawmaker that concerns over Pyongyang's possible missile test are "unfounded," Japan's Kyodo News agency reported from Seoul.

[AmericanInTokyo]

NORTH KOREAN RADIO IS BROADCASTING A COMMAND TO ALL NORTH KOREANS TO PLACE NORTH KOREAN FLAGS OUTSIDE THEIR HOMES AND TUNE IN TO RADIO/TV FOR AN 'IMPORTANT' ANNOUNCEMENT AT 2:00 P.M. LOCAL TIME, SUNDAY 18 JUNE (1:00 A.M. Eastern Sunday / 11:00 p.m. Eastern Tonight (17 June)

[AmericanInTokyo]

If the Norkies 'go' with this missile, Tokyo said tonight that both it and Washington will immediately take this to the United Nations Security Council (not that it would help, but.... interesting....)