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U.S. speeds attack plans for North Korea
The Washington Times ^ | November 3, 2006 | Bill Gertz

Posted on 11/03/2006 3:47:15 PM PST by BradtotheBone

The Pentagon has stepped up planning for attacks against North Korea's nuclear program and is bolstering nuclear forces in Asia, said defense officials familiar with the highly secret process. The officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the accelerated military planning includes detailed programs for striking a North Korean plutonium-reprocessing facility at Yongbyon with special operations commando raids or strikes with Tomahawk cruise missiles or other precision-guided weapons.

(Excerpt) Read more at washtimes.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: korea; northkorea

1 posted on 11/03/2006 3:47:17 PM PST by BradtotheBone
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To: BradtotheBone

I'm hoping these are intentional leaks.


2 posted on 11/03/2006 3:48:58 PM PST by waimea.man
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To: BradtotheBone
Thanks Bill...At least you beat the NYT to it. /S


3 posted on 11/03/2006 3:49:15 PM PST by darkwing104 (Let's get dangerous)
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To: BradtotheBone

My only question is why are we reading about them in the
future tense?

Strike NOW!


4 posted on 11/03/2006 3:54:33 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: BradtotheBone; Jet Jaguar; AmericanInTokyo; TigerLikesRooster; All

OHH TIGERRR look like Billl Gertz pick up your story


5 posted on 11/03/2006 3:57:33 PM PST by SevenofNine ("Step aside Jefe"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
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To: BradtotheBone
Gertz is usually dead on balls correct......
6 posted on 11/03/2006 4:19:49 PM PST by b4its2late (FOOTBALL REFEREES: It's tough playing with us, but you can't play the game without us.)
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To: b4its2late

If he's "dead on balls" correct.. I mean heck.. is that a radius thing from him or what? Because if it is I don't want to be caught within a mile of him.


7 posted on 11/03/2006 4:39:14 PM PST by Almondjoy
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To: BradtotheBone

Shhh. It's secret.


8 posted on 11/03/2006 4:41:54 PM PST by RightWhale (RTRA)
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To: BradtotheBone

"Uh-oh, Meester Bush, uh, can we have nice talk now?


9 posted on 11/03/2006 4:44:55 PM PST by Babu
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To: Almondjoy
The little dictator in NK should be scared, real scared.
10 posted on 11/03/2006 4:54:14 PM PST by b4its2late (FOOTBALL REFEREES: It's tough playing with us, but you can't play the game without us.)
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To: waimea.man

I suspect they are intentional leaks. This is the stick to go with some carrot or other from Japan and SK when the six-party talks resume.


11 posted on 11/03/2006 5:12:10 PM PST by The_Reader_David (And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know. . .)
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To: BradtotheBone
U.S. speeds attack plans for North Korea

Hey, Kim, we're cutting off MTV to your palace.

12 posted on 11/03/2006 5:50:45 PM PST by He Rides A White Horse (Unite)
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To: tet68; All
Strike NOW! Not during the election...

It sounds like a misinformation campaign. If it comes down to that, Mini-Me's fate will be handed to him when he least expects it, and he won't konw what hit him.

13 posted on 11/03/2006 8:37:49 PM PST by WestVirginiaRebel (Common sense will do to liberalism what the atomic bomb did to Nagasaki-Rush Limbaugh)
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To: tet68; All
Strike NOW! Not during the election...

It sounds like a misinformation campaign. If it comes down to that, Mini-Me's fate will be handed to him when he least expects it, and he won't know what hit him.

14 posted on 11/03/2006 8:38:32 PM PST by WestVirginiaRebel (Common sense will do to liberalism what the atomic bomb did to Nagasaki-Rush Limbaugh)
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To: tet68
"...My only question is why are we reading about them in the future tense?

Strike NOW!..."

Now hold-on-there, son, we ain'ta gonna do nuthin' until after the election!

Afterwords,...uh ... well ... uh ... just what-the-heck IS the half-life of Plutonium, anyway?............FRegards

15 posted on 11/04/2006 1:00:35 AM PST by gonzo (.........Good grief!...I'm as confused as a baby in a topless club!.........)
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