Breaking: N Koreans Ordered To Raise Their Flag At 2PM (1 AM EDT), and Listen to Broadcast

Yonhap News (via Naver.com) ^ | 06/18/06 | Shin Ji-hong

[TigerLikesRooster]

/begin my excerpt

N. Koreans Ordered To Raise Their Flag At 2PM, and Listen to Broadcast

N. Korean leadership ordered its citizen to raise their flag and listen to their (government) communique from TV in the evening, according to Sankei Shimbun (of Japan), quoting Japanese government sources.

The paper said it is paying attention this development because it could be related to the launch of Taepodong-2.

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[RDTF]

I sent it to drudge - everyone probably needs to confirm the translation before reporting it!

[SamAdams_Lite]

So they are going to demonstrate that they have, or had, ONE missle that could reach us.

We have 4500 that could reach them.

[flaglady47]

"We must all thank Bill Clinton for his delusional 1996 "Agreed Framework" plan in which he *gave* North Korea two twin, light water nuclear reactors. Clinton called it his 'plan' so that Congress didn't get to vote on it.
All that was required of North Korea was that they sign a piece of paper stating that they wouldn't use the two nuke reactors to make nuclear bombs. North Korea promptly tore up the paperwork /dumped it in the trash.
Hence, it was Bill Clinton and the democrats who fully armed North Korea with nuclear bombs."

Yeah, and it looks like, under George Bush, with our "allies" Germany, France, and England, about to make a similar offer to Iran. Geez, didn't they learn what the end result will be the first time around w/N. Korea?

[Jet Jaguar]

N. Korea denies it's about to test missile

By CHISAKI WATANABE, Associated Press Writer 13 minutes ago

TOKYO - The United States and Japan urged
North Korea not to proceed with reported plans to test-fire a long-range missile that could reach the U.S. mainland, saying Saturday that a launch would be dangerous and provocative.
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But North Korean officials later denied such preparations, the Kyodo News agency reported, citing a South Korean official it did not identify.

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Thomas Schieffer and Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso met Saturday night amid mounting speculation the North could soon test a Taepodong-2 missile capable of reaching the United States with a light payload.

After the meeting, Schieffer reiterated Washington's stance that the test would be a dangerous act that would hurt North Korean interests. The North has been under a self-imposed moratorium on long-range missile tests since 1999.

"We hope that the North Koreans will not take this provocative action. We hope that they will return to the six-party talks," Schieffer said, referring to international talks aiming to get North Korea to give up its nuclear program.

Those talks — involving the United States, the two Koreas, China, Japan and Russia — have been stalled by a North Korean boycott.

A launch "will only isolate the North Koreans further from the rest of the international community," he said.

Schieffer said Washington was working with allies on how to respond if North Korea goes ahead with the launch, but he refused to be specific, saying only that "all options are on the table."

Japan and the U.S. may seek an immediate reaction from the
U.N. Security Council if North Korea fires a long-range missile, Kyodo reported on Sunday.

White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said a North Korean missile launch would violate a moratorium on long-range missile tests declared in 1999 by North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

"This would be yet another instance of North Korea violating the international commitments it has made," she said.

Aso told reporters that the situation was "serious" and that North Korea had been warned not to fire the missile. "How we will respond depends on what North Korea does," he said.

Japan has grown increasingly tense as news reports emerge that Pyongyang could soon launch the missile. North Korea fired a missile over northern Japan into the Pacific Ocean in 1998, and the move spurred Tokyo to work with Washington on a missile defense system.

A U.S. government official told The Associated Press on Friday that a test of the Taepodong-2 may be imminent. The Washington official agreed to speak but only on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the information.

South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo reported Saturday that North Korea also moved about 10 fuel tanks to the launch site in preparation for the test.

It said intelligence authorities from Seoul and Washington had made the assessment, based on satellite images, that the North had loaded booster rockets onto a launch pad and moved the fuel tanks close by. The paper quoted an unidentified high-level South Korean government official.

Japan's conservative daily Sankei reported that the North Korean government has ordered its people to raise the national flag at 2 p.m. Sunday and to watch a state message on television in the late afternoon.

Sankei, citing government officials it did not name, said the Japanese government had dispatched two Aegis destroyers to the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean. Hidetsugu Iwamasa, a Japanese naval official, said he could not comment on the report, citing security concerns.

North Korea plans to disguise the missile test as an attempt to put a satellite into orbit, Kyodo reported Saturday. Pyongyang has been calculating an orbit for a fake satellite and plans to announce its trajectory after firing the missile, Kyodo reported from Beijing, citing military intelligence officials it did not identify.

North Korea said in 1998 that its launch then was an effort to put a satellite in space, but Washington and Tokyo say that is just a cover for a military program.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060618/ap_on_re_as/nkorea_missile_6

[Jet Jaguar]

Japan's conservative daily Sankei reported that the North Korean government has ordered its people to raise the national flag at 2 p.m. Sunday and to watch a state message on television in the late afternoon.

[do the dhue]

Maybe your screen name has something to do with it?

Only in my dreams!

[SE Mom]

The more time passes, the more prophetic the "Axis of evil" statement that the left was soooooooo upset about...

[Amelia]

Do you supposed this is why President Bush is at the ranch this weekend? Because he would be safer there in case of an attack?

You really think NK has a missile that would reach DC? Crawford is probably closer to Korea, for that matter.

[Jet Jaguar]

I will try to stay up and see.

[Dosa26]

Being civilized is a pain sometimes

That's why I only do it in repectable company. FR included of coarse, lol. Homicidal maniacs are fair game in my book.

[small voice in the wilderness]

..ah, but that's the true brilliance of their madness. It only takes ONE missile that could reach us to make every liberal in this land crap their pants and begin the never-ending call to give in, give up, and give over. US, that is. The truth of the matter will be so lost in the madness, that those who aren't paying attention will be sucked into liberal lies, once again. Enter democrats who will promise to clean up this newest mess Bush has created. blah, blah, it's worked every time they've tried it, so far.

[Graymatter]

They're only demonstrating that the US is like a rich old man gradually losing his grip on reality and living in a bad neighborhood full of punks looking for victims.
They're only testing how far they can go with the old man. And every test humiliates and compromises him---and emboldens them.

This is not the US we knew.

NK isn't doing anything violent today, and neither shall the US. More's the pity. They will make progress this way, discrediting us rather than attacking us, exposing our lack of resolve and moral vigor.

[Sacajaweau]

I'm so tired...Another 90 minutes. Ohhhhhhhhhhh

[Toby06]

How do you retaliate with a nuke in NK without also nuking SK and china?

[Jet Jaguar]

Preparation for NK Missile Test [Possible range: over 9,000 miles.]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1650396/posts

[Jalapeno]

If you nuke NK you would only be doing them a favor. What is there to hit?

[processing please hold]

The jennie will be out of the bottle then.

Perhaps, use 'em or lose 'em comes into play.....

[nw_arizona_granny]

thank you for the ping.

[Amelia]

I stand corrected.

[SevenMinusOne]

If you have the ability to stop him, but you go ahead and allow a mad man to develop the ability to kill you, maybe you deserve what you get when he finally kills you. But to stand by and patiently watch as the mad man meticulously puts together the instrument that he will use to kill you is madness in its self.

So I'm going to bed. Good night all. See you in the morning (or not).

A lot of truth to this statement - (but at the same time just like with Iran there is no real good military solution to this problem).