Posted on 09/28/2006 1:05:19 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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5 Tunnels in the valley of Mu-myong Mountain... could also be missile bases
Kim Jong-tae
Intelligence agencies have learned that N. Korea is digging five new tunnels suspected to be a missile base in the valley of Mu-myong Mountain(2851 ft), Shi-jung County, Jagang Province, N. Korea. They are looking into it carefully.
In particular, they do not rule out the possibility that the tunnels could be used for nuclear test. Furthermore, they also received intelligence that there are uranium-enrichment facilities at Hwa-pyong County, Jagang Province, and now trying to verify it by examining satellite photos.
A high-level government official said on Sept. 28, "We came to the possession of intelligence that N. Korea has been constructing five tunnels in the valley of Mu-myong Mountain recently. We were able to verify the existence of five such tunnels. While it is quite likely that this is another missile base in the rear area, we should not rule out that it could be also an underground nuclear test site."
The intelligency outfits are now trying to find out any additional indication that storage facilities for rocket propellent are also under construction.
The source also said, "Some recent N. Korean defectors gave us information that uranium enrichment facilities are located at Hwa-pyong County, Jagang Province. We are trying to verify it from satellite images. Hwa-pyong County is a remote mountain area. Chances are high that they could construct sensitive installations there, requiring extra security."
Another government figure said, "N. Korea has high quality uranium mine. It turned out that Pakistan's Dr. Abdul Kadir Khan had provided N. Korea with centrifuge devices. N. Korea could be running uranium enrichment project. If such facilities exist, N. Korea would use it to boost their bargaining power during their negotiation with U.S."
Defense Ministry stated that N. Korea was suspected to be building uranium enrichment facilities in a classified report submitted last Sept. to S. Korea's legislature.
Currently, N. Korea officially denies the existence of uranium enrichment program. However, N. Korea has uranium mines producing good quality ore, and Dr. Khan provided N. Korean with 20 centrifuges, crucial devices for the enrichment process. S. Korea and U.S. intelligence are both paying keen attention to the facilities at Hwa-pyong County.
Especially, we should be reminded that the second N. Korean nuclear crisis was precipitated when N. Korea's Highly Enriched Uranium(HEU) Program was known to the world in late 2002. If the uranium enrichment facilities are to be confirmed, it will have serious repercussion.
Kim Jong-tae Yang Sung-wook
2006/09/28
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North Korea has been "selling wolf tickets" regarding its nuke capability for the last 15 years. It knows that whenever it moves a gantry or digs a tunnel, an American sattellite will take a picture of this activity for a nervous US government. It's time for North Korea to "blow up [an A-bomb] or shut up" once and for all. Frankly, I think all this talk of NK actually possessing nukes is a lot of Barbra Streisand.
Gee where they get these workers
Maybe prison gulug I doubt Teamsters would allow this
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