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

The Star of the East?

481 posted on 06/17/2006 9:27:26 PM PDT by Rte66

482 posted on 06/17/2006 9:27:34 PM PDT by tiredoflaundry (Karl Rove broke DU's toaster.)

Japan, U.S. Issue Fresh Warning to North Korea about Missile Launch

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Thomas Scheiffer, right, with Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso, June 17, 2006

Japanese and American diplomats are jointly warning North Korea not to launch a ballistic missile, amid growing speculation Pyongyang may be about to test fire one. South Korean news reports quote visiting North Korean officials as denying a test is planned.

Japan's foreign minister and the U.S. ambassador in Tokyo held a 30-minute meeting late Saturday to discuss what actions their governments would likely take, if North Korea test fires a ballistic missile.

Japanese and South Korea media report that liquid fuel tanks have been observed at a North Korean site and booster rockets are on the launch pad.

For more than a week, Japanese and U.S. government officials have expressed increasing concern that the communist state is readying a launch of a Taepodong-2 long-range ballistic missile. Published reports in Tokyo and Seoul say a launch could come as early as Sunday.

U.S. Ambassador Thomas Schieffer, following his Saturday night meeting with Japan's foreign minister, told reporters there are indeed indications Pyongyang is preparing to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile.

"We hope that the North Koreans will not take this provocative action," he said. "It will only isolate the North Koreans further from the rest of the international community."

The ambassador added that, if North Korea does launch the missile, all options are on the table a reference to the possibility of sanctions being imposed on Pyongyang.

North Korea has previously said it would consider any sanctions imposed by Japan tantamount to a declaration of war.

Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso said both Washington and Tokyo are urgently trying to convey to Pyongyang that it must back away from a launch.

Aso says Tokyo is relaying its concerns through Chinese diplomats, while the United States is using the "New York channel," a reference to communication with North Korea's diplomats at the United Nations. Neither Japan nor the United States has diplomatic relations with North Korea.

If North Korea launches a missile, that would end a seven-year moratorium on long-range testing that North Korea imposed on itself.

Analysts say North Korea, in an effort to dispel international condemnation, may claim that the launch of the three-stage rocket is to deploy a satellite. It made a similar statement after its 1998 missile test, but U.S. intelligence agencies and other space watchers say no such satellite made it into orbit.

483 posted on 06/17/2006 9:27:54 PM PDT by STARWISE (They (Rats) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)

Fox News reporting the same info here. No new info.

484 posted on 06/17/2006 9:28:43 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar

Let us persistently pray for his safety and for God's heavy protection and leadership of our beloved President moment by moment.

485 posted on 06/17/2006 9:29:02 PM PDT by Quix (PRAY AND WORK WHILE THERE'S DAY! Many very dark nights are looming. Thankfully, God is still God!)

To: ThomasThomas

No, life insurance is a fools bet. Be happy, Live, Be Fruitful, and provide for the young-uns through investments.

486 posted on 06/17/2006 9:29:09 PM PDT by Dosa26

Just came on this thread from being gone all day. What is this " OREGON" thing? Sorry if that is a dense question.

487 posted on 06/17/2006 9:29:14 PM PDT by pollywog (Psalm 121;1 I Lift my eyes to the hills from whence cometh my help.)

To: FreedomNeocon

The thing is, the sand road also doubles as those guards' dinner buffet.

488 posted on 06/17/2006 9:29:16 PM PDT by WestVirginiaRebel (Common sense will do to liberalism what the atomic bomb did to Nagasaki-Rush Limbaugh)

True.

But given what my colleague told me in 1970 . . . we are short of enough nukes for China alone.

They are spread out so well.

489 posted on 06/17/2006 9:30:09 PM PDT by Quix (PRAY AND WORK WHILE THERE'S DAY! Many very dark nights are looming. Thankfully, God is still God!)

The missle could reach the shores of Alaska, but thats about it.

I expect if the missle overflies Japan or approaches the USA, there will be several sea launched cruise missiles vectoring in on the launch facilities and the development installations of the NoDong3.

490 posted on 06/17/2006 9:31:52 PM PDT by Candor7 (Into Liberal flatulance goes the best hope of the West, and who wants to be a smart feller?)

491 posted on 06/17/2006 9:32:33 PM PDT by CindyDawg

The Chinese are not insane.
- - - -

On this my former Red Guard buddies agree that I'm right.

Beijing Government does not really care how many 100's of millions of it's citizens it sacrifices.

They care about a couple of things.

1. Staying in power more or less at all costs.

2. The survival and supremacy of the Chinese culture and Communist Party government--more or less in that order IF it is after WWIII

Were you incountry during Tienanmen? Have you read the Tienanmen papers? The Art of War?

They are not insane--mostly--but they are insanely arrogant and megalomaniacal. And they really do not care that much about the serfs. All is grist for the mill for the motherland and the Great Chinese Culture.

492 posted on 06/17/2006 9:33:19 PM PDT by Quix (PRAY AND WORK WHILE THERE'S DAY! Many very dark nights are looming. Thankfully, God is still God!)

And may we all meet here again tomorrow...or later today.

493 posted on 06/17/2006 9:34:01 PM PDT by mcshot (Enemies pouring through our gates and others holding office under false pretenses.)

From:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,199952,00.html

"But North Korean officials later denied such preparations, the Kyodo News agency reported, citing a South Korean official it did not identify."

So, whazzup? I guess I'll stay up just in case....?

494 posted on 06/17/2006 9:34:40 PM PDT by elpinta (Never thought I would live in a Socialist country... but is getting close...)

There are a variety of reasons why they haven't taken Taiwan yet.

Some of them may have to do with the puppet masters not allowing it yet.

And, they'd prefer to insure success with a minimum of loss though they are prepared to take unprecedented losses.

And, I think they'd rather have the 2008 Olympics out of the way, first.

Though some have predicted overt WWIII starting in 2006.

We shall see.

495 posted on 06/17/2006 9:34:52 PM PDT by Quix (PRAY AND WORK WHILE THERE'S DAY! Many very dark nights are looming. Thankfully, God is still God!)

496 posted on 06/17/2006 9:35:20 PM PDT by don-o

I am not worried, more as, a sense of cringing knowing that we will be hearing the Left/MSM/Libs/UN/Democrats condemning, and screeching about the fact we took out NK when we had a ICBM from NK heading towards the US west coast.
We can hear it now from the usual suspects, " ohhh,, mean evil US wiped out poor little defenseless NK and all of the poor starving people in NK " .

497 posted on 06/17/2006 9:35:26 PM PDT by Prophet in the wilderness (PSALM 53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart , There is no GOD .)

Eerie. Alas Babylon comes to mind.....

498 posted on 06/17/2006 9:36:10 PM PDT by varina davis

To: WestVirginiaRebel

LoL .. Ted's now telling his looooong story and flashing back to his days during the "war" ..and Elaine's giving a Tupperware demo to native women. I must've seen it 10 times when it came out .. it's sure a classic.

499 posted on 06/17/2006 9:36:36 PM PDT by STARWISE (They (Rats) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)

Ditto. I don't believe most of the American Public even know it's in place and ready to roll.

Just hope we never have to use it, but Ronald Reagan had more than a vision, he could see into the future. God Bless his sole.

And the Democrats laughed at the phrase Star Wars Defense.

500 posted on 06/17/2006 9:37:29 PM PDT by not2worry (What goes around comes around.)

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