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[Explosion Update]N Korea says it blew up mountain(Really?)
BBC NEWS ^ | 09/13/04 | N/A

Posted on 09/12/2004 10:46:11 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster

N Korea says it blew up mountain

North Korea has given an explanation for the huge blast last Thursday which prompted speculation that it was a part of a nuclear test.

The country's foreign minister, Paek Nam Sun, said the blast was the deliberate demolition of a mountain as part of a hydro-electric project.

His remarks were in response to a call for information by the visiting UK Foreign Office minister, Bill Rammell.

North Korea had said absolutely nothing about the incident until now.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: doesnotmakesense; explanation; explosion; hydrodam; nkorea; northkorea; unlikely
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To: Quicksilver

Just occurred to me...
must be the dreaded "Lewinsky weapon" ...
aka

what a Bl*w Job! </g>

(in other words, even Monica wouldn't swallow this claim...)

Any word on radioactive by-products detected in Japan,
Australia, or whereever prevailing winds at the time
would take the residue ??


21 posted on 09/12/2004 11:10:49 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: grey_whiskers

My hubby just said that when I read the article to him.

I guess that is possible.


22 posted on 09/12/2004 11:13:35 PM PDT by television is just wrong
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To: Southack

And apparently China nor anyone else knew of any work in the area.

Now Kim's got to spend money on a worthless project just so some people will buy his lie.


23 posted on 09/12/2004 11:13:50 PM PDT by Bogey78O (John Kerry: Better than Ted Kennedy!)
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To: Travis McGee

Shhhh! ;-)


24 posted on 09/12/2004 11:14:17 PM PDT by Cultural Jihad
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To: Bogey78O

This blast and the April blast on the train in North Korea both happened *very* close to the border with China.

There's a HINT in there for us...

The AWB Has Expired - Gun Owners Have Won Again For All Americans!

25 posted on 09/12/2004 11:15:47 PM PDT by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

I wonder how many North Koreans bought the collective farm in the explosion?


26 posted on 09/12/2004 11:16:25 PM PDT by AF68
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To: Southack

Thanks for the reply.

Any technical info on:

different Richter readings for blasts within water
vs. within ground

different Richter readings for small air-burst nuke
tests vs. in-ground tests of similar size

[Note: no tin-foil hat, just a desire to MAKE SURE]
[Note: other FReeper thread fed data into public-domain
code from Lawrence Livermore, HOTSPOT, to gauge
size of detonations from mushroom cloud, came up
with answer in low kilotons (tactical nuke or
nuclear trigger)... ]


27 posted on 09/12/2004 11:21:43 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: grey_whiskers

The smallest nuke tests were the 5 done by Pakistan in response to India's 1998 blast. CNN claims that those tests measured 4.6 on the Richter Scale, while globalsecurity.org claims that they measured up to 5.0 at peak.

The Kursk conventional explosions measured 3.5 and 1.5. The North Korean blast this week measured 2.6.

The latest North Korean blast happened very near known ammo dumps and a volatile missile plant.

The AWB Has Expired - Gun Owners Have Won Again For All Americans!

28 posted on 09/12/2004 11:26:14 PM PDT by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: Cultural Jihad

Don't worry, they'll never believe it anyway. (Until The Hammer comes down on them.)


29 posted on 09/12/2004 11:27:07 PM PDT by Travis McGee (----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
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To: Travis McGee

dittos


30 posted on 09/12/2004 11:28:52 PM PDT by Robert_Paulson2 (Robert the "RINO")
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To: Bush_Democrat
Did they have Jon Lovitz read the announcement??

if we hear an announcement that Kim Jong Il is married to Morgan Fairchild, we'll know for certain something is up.
31 posted on 09/12/2004 11:29:01 PM PDT by Bobby777
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Perhaps they were trying to build a bridge between the two peeks of Mt. Kilimanjaro.


32 posted on 09/12/2004 11:29:14 PM PDT by shadowman99
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To: shadowman99

I heard 4 brothers, two sets of twins were attempting that but had been lost. Next year's expedition will look for last year's expedition.

Don't worry about that (covers eye), we'll get him up there.


33 posted on 09/12/2004 11:31:40 PM PDT by Bobby777
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Bad Feng.


34 posted on 09/12/2004 11:32:50 PM PDT by Graymatter
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To: Bobby777

I guess Baghdad Bob found himself a new job...


35 posted on 09/12/2004 11:33:15 PM PDT by WestVirginiaRebel (It's about the forgery, stupid.)
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To: Southack

Again, grateful for the information-- begins to
look more like conventional --

but in interests of fairness, this did not address
the issue of Richter measurements of air blast nukes. . .

Sorry to appear to beat a dead horse, but the implications
if it WERE a nuke, are very interesting for hours of
frenzied posting </g>

No response required. My wife is threatening to make
me sleep on the soft (TM) if I don't come right to bed </g>


36 posted on 09/12/2004 11:34:07 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Sounds like an N.K. Long Dong went critical Mass if you ask me.


37 posted on 09/12/2004 11:34:57 PM PDT by Wiggins
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To: grey_whiskers

"sleep on the soft" --> "sleep on the sofa"

(search many of my previous posts. My typing
skills -- not necessarily my IQ -- drops
exponentially after my bedtime </g>)


38 posted on 09/12/2004 11:36:08 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: WestVirginiaRebel

Inchon Bob sez: "Kim Jong Il trying new recipe for Chinese General Tso's Chicken put in too much rice in wok and go kaboom

Wok was secret plot of Mossad aided by American Imperialists.

Next question?"


39 posted on 09/12/2004 11:36:26 PM PDT by Bobby777
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Then the exploding mountain started a forest fire which caused a mushroom cloud. Makes perfect sense.


40 posted on 09/12/2004 11:51:27 PM PDT by dc-zoo
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