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Posted on 12/21/2007 4:22:49 PM PST by DBCJR
North Korea recently turned over to the United States equipment found to be contaminated with traces of highly enriched uranium — HEU — apparently contradicting the country's stance that it never had such a program, FOX News has confirmed.
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"They got some 'splainin' to do," one U.S. arms control official said when first told of the discovery about a month ago, he recalled to FOX.
However, North Korea claims the tubes were intended for use in the development of a conventional "artillery" weapon, sources told FOX News.
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Green told FOX News he believes the data supporting the existence of the North Korean HEU program: It was not like the intelligence on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, and that there was no dissent from any quarter of the American intelligence community about the HEU program.
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Arms control officials told FOX News Friday it is possible the contaminated equipment bore traces of HEU because it was exposed to other contaminated equipment from a source outside North Korea.
One theory is that the traces came from equipment that originated in Pakistan, where that country's chief nuclear scientist, A.Q. Khan, is now known to have secretly and illegally sold nuclear technology to countries like Iran, North Korea and Libya.
Hill told the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Feb. 28, "We know from the Pakistanis that they [the North Koreans] bought these centrifuges. There's no other purpose for a centrifuge of that kind than to produce highly enriched uranium."
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Our State Dept. trusts them.
Damn fools.
And just who approves those “Damned Fools” at the top? Where does the buck stop? Who is in charge here??
Hey Tiger! Check it! Any reaction from Seoul yet?
NKor has already attempted at least one nuke device detonation. Of course this enriched material would be a total surprise.
BTTT
Ya see, the liberal Dims are lulling us into a false sense of security when it comes to North Korea and Iran. This report circulating around that Iran has stopped enriching Uranium and has no interest in an atomic bomb and North Korea’s folly with investigators is a treasonist act by the media, Congress and the progressive liberals against this country.
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“However, North Korea claims the tubes were intended for use in the development of a conventional “artillery” weapon, sources told FOX News.”
How does this compare with the suspicious tubes that Iraq was importing before we invaded that were dismissed as being for conventional “artillery” also?
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Yep.
Bush’s Dad, Grandaddy are pin strip diplomat types.
W isn’t going to rock the boat over there.
Maybe Ruskies did not help N. Koreans with scrubbing aluminum tube, or is it technically too challenging for anybody?
The reaction from WH and Foggy Bottom will be really predictable. Ignore it as long as they can. If they can no longer continue it, come out and say that this will put more pressure on N. Koreans to dismantle nuke program for good. I wonder about that. Unless America shows the sign of unequivocally flipping its policy and coming down really hard on N. Korea, N. Korea would just sit on it and let this little storm pass. They figures that Bush admin has more to lose than they by breaking off the so-called "engagement." At least until now. China won’t make a big deal out of it, in all likelihood.
I’m with you. I believe the only reason NK or Iran would ever stop their programs to obtain nuclear material (refining it themselves or purchasing it) would be if they felt they had enough for the warheads they felt needed. As long as they are still in the hunt, and being thwarted, that’s good news. When they no longer are pursuing it, that’s bad news...
That is exactly what Condi, State Department and the Republican White House will do.
Despicable.
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