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N Korea 'preparing second test'
news.com.au ^ | October 10, 2006 01:00am | From correspondents in Seoul

Posted on 10/09/2006 8:23:13 AM PDT by Sunshine55

SOUTH Korean authorities suspect that the communist state might be preparing a second nuclear test after unusual activities were detected in a rugged area in North Korea yesterday, a news report said.

Kim Seung-Gyu, head of South Korea's spy agency, told Parliament that activity involving vehicles and as many as 40 people was under way at Punggyeri in the northeastern county of Kilju, Yonhap news agency reported.

“From 4pm (AEST) yesterday, there have been some unusual movements under way at Punggyeri where we had thought the first nuclear test would be carried out,” Mr Kim was quoted as saying.

“We have been closely following developments there to find out whether North Korea is moving to conduct a series of tests as India and Pakistan did,” he said.

An unidentified lawmaker who serves on Parliament's intelligence committee quoted Mr Kim as telling the committee that there is a “sufficient possibility” of the North carrying out more nuclear tests.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: northkorea; nukes
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1 posted on 10/09/2006 8:23:13 AM PDT by Sunshine55
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To: Sunshine55

Clinton's probably telling them to set off a few more. It's all Bush's fault you know!


2 posted on 10/09/2006 8:25:19 AM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: Sunshine55

Why not? No one is going to stop them.
What, more sanctions? That's laughable. They are starving their people anyway. Oh, the united front of the UN is soooooooooooo powerful. Kim is shaking in his newly radioactive boots.


3 posted on 10/09/2006 8:26:00 AM PDT by Tulsa Ramjet ("If not now, when?" "Because it's judgment that defeats us.")
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To: Sunshine55

More of the "Clinton Legacy".


4 posted on 10/09/2006 8:34:27 AM PDT by mikeus_maximus (The Red Chinese are going build MG's in Oklahoma-- that's just wrong on so many levels.)
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To: Sunshine55

Which will come first?

Their second test or, the massive, immediate action by the UN?


5 posted on 10/09/2006 8:35:27 AM PDT by edcoil (Reality doesn't say much - doesn't need too)
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To: mikeus_maximus

The "Truman Legacy" as well.


6 posted on 10/09/2006 8:36:36 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Sunshine55
Calls for more celebration from the Mad Halfbright.
7 posted on 10/09/2006 8:37:42 AM PDT by tflabo (Take authority that's ours)
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To: Sunshine55; TigerLikesRooster; All

Why I have bad feeling about this


8 posted on 10/09/2006 8:43:08 AM PDT by SevenofNine ("Step aside Jefe"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
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To: Sunshine55
Good! I hope they do. And the Republicans should be loaded for Bear. They should let the Dems have it between the eyes for they faulty...Bi-Lateral, lets hold hands, give 'em food, oil AND *Safe* nuclear technology, in exchange for a *promise* and cameras in the room.

Stupid, Stupid, Stupid appeasers.....They wont learn until thousands, perhaps millions are dead and sick from fallout.

9 posted on 10/09/2006 9:02:54 AM PDT by blasater1960 ( Ishmaelites...Still a wild-ass of a people....)
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To: blasater1960
history has shown that failure to respond to an act of aggression by a manical creep with swift and overwhelming force will haunt American interests for decades to come (assuming there will be decades to advance into...). Crazy Kim seems to show no interest in diplomacy. talk is cheap and worthless when there is nothing to negotiate. treaties are useless and are worth the paper they are written upon. in the time it will take to build a Security Council agenda for force, Kim will have plenty of time to figure out how to make a warhead fly on missiles. I know what he would do if the situation were reversed.

moadim l'simcha

10 posted on 10/09/2006 9:36:19 AM PDT by APRPEH (id theft info available on my profile page)
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To: Sunshine55


"Congratulations, Kim."

11 posted on 10/09/2006 9:46:25 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Brilliant

Could anyone blame Japan at this point for developing their own nuclear deterrent?


12 posted on 10/09/2006 10:08:57 AM PDT by Zack Nguyen
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To: Zack Nguyen

FNC news alert suspicious movement spotted in another NK site?


13 posted on 10/09/2006 10:09:59 AM PDT by txhurl
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To: txflake

That North Korea would detonate another A-bomb shouldn't surprise anyone. They have to test their bombs in order to perfect them, since I suppose they don't possess the computer modeling capacity to test their weapons any other way.


14 posted on 10/09/2006 10:15:09 AM PDT by Zack Nguyen
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To: Zack Nguyen

Personally, I would not. On the other hand, I think that this event might have an upside.

If Japan and SK decide to rely on the US nuke deterrent instead of getting their own, that might turn a little light on in Beijing. Afterall, Beijing's policy has been to try to push the US out of the region. If it could be demonstrated that a US presence is actually beneficial to Beijing, their policy might change.

Also, this incident might force Beijing and Moscow to reconsider their support for Iran.

On the other hand, #1 & #2 above are contradictory. Beijing is not likely to reconsider Iran if Japan decides not to go for the bomb. They'll just think, "NK has the bomb. Big deal."


15 posted on 10/09/2006 10:17:40 AM PDT by Brilliant
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I'm listening to the commentary on tv.

All I'm hearing is economic leverage, sanctions, pressure points, blah blah blah....

And for those who jumped for joy that this would knock Foley off the front page...bottom line is it doesn't matter who's more to blame, Clinton or Bush, because the dems are having a field day blaming Bush for naming NK part of the axis of evil, but for not taking care of the problem before now, which is going to be much more HUGE than Foley.

So what's he waiting for, NK to take aim?


16 posted on 10/09/2006 10:24:54 AM PDT by Kimberly GG (Tancredo '08)
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To: Brilliant
If Japan and SK decide to rely on the US nuke deterrent instead of getting their own, that might turn a little light on in Beijing. Afterall, Beijing's policy has been to try to push the US out of the region.

I have a different view. A nuclear Japan would cause a tremor through China. While they would like America out of the region, to have two nuclear powers in the region opposed to them would be a serious problem from China's point of view.

17 posted on 10/09/2006 10:43:35 AM PDT by Zack Nguyen
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To: Sunshine55

Thanks for leaving us this mess Clinton.


18 posted on 10/09/2006 10:47:10 AM PDT by 1035rep
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To: Kimberly GG

It will serve as a reminder as to why the Democrats should never hold power again.


19 posted on 10/09/2006 10:48:57 AM PDT by 1035rep
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To: Zack Nguyen

japan should have developed their military, including nukes, years ago.


20 posted on 10/09/2006 10:50:48 AM PDT by oceanview
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