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Exclusive: North Korea restarts plutonium production for nuclear bombs - U.S. official
reuters.com ^ | 06/08/2016

Posted on 06/08/2016 10:34:58 AM PDT by BenLurkin

North Korea has restarted production of plutonium fuel, a senior U.S. State Department official said on Tuesday, showing that it plans to pursue its nuclear weapons program in defiance of international sanctions.

The U.S. assessment came a day after the U.N. nuclear watchdog said it had "indications" that Pyongyang has reactivated a plant to recover plutonium from spent reactor fuel at Yongbyon, its main nuclear complex.

The latest developments suggest North Korea's reclusive regime is working to ensure a steady supply of materials for its drive to build warheads, despite tightened international sanctions after its fourth nuclear test in January.

The U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that Washington is worried by the new plutonium reprocessing effort, but he offered no explicit word on any U.S. response.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: kim; kimjongun; norknukes; northkorea; plutonium

1 posted on 06/08/2016 10:34:59 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Quick, someone send a basketball.


2 posted on 06/08/2016 10:36:24 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Her name is no longer is Hillary. It's Hilarity. Try it on for size, it's fun.)
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To: BenLurkin; ExTexasRedhead

North Korea should get President Trump’s attention ahead of the ME. These bastards are crazier by far than the Muzzies, and they are close enough to the West Coast to hurt us, given the opportunty.


3 posted on 06/08/2016 10:38:56 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: vette6387

Let’s all remember to thank Clinton and Albright for giving them the tools for the job.


4 posted on 06/08/2016 10:43:01 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: vette6387

Let’s all remember to thank Clinton and Albright for giving them the tools for the job.


5 posted on 06/08/2016 10:46:43 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: Jimmy Valentine

Where’s Curtis LeMay when we need him ?


6 posted on 06/08/2016 10:47:59 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: BenLurkin

This is going well.

President Obama’s response was,

“Fore!”


7 posted on 06/08/2016 10:51:07 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: BenLurkin

way to go, Kerry


8 posted on 06/08/2016 10:51:32 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: BenLurkin

Next time fat boy is doing one of his public adulation appearances we should drop a few dozen daisy cutters and/or MOABs on the area. Follow that up with leaflets instructing the next leader that a different type of regime is definitely preferable and that Nork nukes are unacceptable. That should get the message across.


9 posted on 06/08/2016 10:51:42 AM PDT by Two Kids' Dad (((( ))))
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
Where’s Curtis LeMay when we need him?

That greatest of strategic warriors is in Heaven now, working on his classic Corvette ...

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10 posted on 06/08/2016 10:59:19 AM PDT by mkjessup (Hillary Rotten Criminal is a f--king murdering sociopath. You want that in the Oval Office?)
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To: Jimmy Valentine; ExTexasRedhead
“Let’s all remember to thank Clinton and Albright for giving them the tools for the job.”

Just what “tool” did Albright give them? How to properly cook a brisket? That's what Michael Savage opined recently.

11 posted on 06/08/2016 10:59:45 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: vette6387

Maddy the Dancing Midget needs to be dipped into the core of that NorK plutonium reactor. Her and Billy and Hitlerly too.


12 posted on 06/08/2016 11:03:54 AM PDT by mkjessup (Hillary Rotten Criminal is a f--king murdering sociopath. You want that in the Oval Office?)
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To: BenLurkin

North Korea is the only country to which Obowma hasn’t not visited to offer apologies and bow to Un. Give it time.


13 posted on 06/08/2016 11:18:40 AM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: BenLurkin

They’ve never stopped.


14 posted on 06/08/2016 11:25:24 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
"Where’s Curtis LeMay when we need him ?"

Buried deep under a mountain of political correctness.

15 posted on 06/08/2016 11:28:35 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: BenLurkin

Isn’t it time for a little nuclear “accident” with plausible deniability?


16 posted on 06/08/2016 11:53:07 AM PDT by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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