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North Korea, U.S. reach secret deal to break nuclear deadlock, report says
Yonhap.com (excerpt) ^ | April 12, 2008

Posted on 04/12/2008 2:59:11 AM PDT by HAL9000

Excerpt -

SEOUL, April 12 (Yonhap) -- North Korea and the United States have reached a secret deal to end the impasse in the six-nation talks to dismantle the North's nuclear weapons program, a U.S. government-funded radio station reported Saturday.

Under the secret agreement, reached at a meeting of the top nuclear envoys of the two countries in Singapore early this week, the U.S. will make a declaration of North Korea's alleged uranium enrichment program and nuclear cooperation with Syria on behalf of Pyongyang, Radio Free Asia reported on its Web site, citing "multiple diplomatic sources" in Washington.

In return, the agreement calls for North Korea to "acknowledge" the U.S. concern over the two issues, which have been key sticking points at the six-nation disarmament talks, and not to "challenge the facts," the radio station said.

North Korea and the U.S. agreed to exchange a secret memorandum of understanding on the agreement, it said.

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(Excerpt) Read more at english.yonhapnews.co.kr ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: korea; northkorea; nuclearweapons; pyongyang; radiofreeasia

1 posted on 04/12/2008 2:59:11 AM PDT by HAL9000
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To: HAL9000

Radio Free Asia report - http://www.rfa.org/korean/simcheongbodo/2008/04/11/hill/


2 posted on 04/12/2008 3:00:25 AM PDT by HAL9000 ("If someone who has access to the press says something over and over again, people believe it"- B.C.)
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To: HAL9000

Remember the Axis of Evil? N.Korea worked with us and we go after them last. The USA is just saying look when the public world finds out about the Syria bombing and your involvement we only want to use it to go after Iran.


3 posted on 04/12/2008 3:03:16 AM PDT by Eyes Unclouded (We won't ever free our guns but be sure we'll let them triggers go....)
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To: HAL9000; TigerLikesRooster

Chris Hill once again trades cow for magic beans ping......


4 posted on 04/12/2008 3:13:06 AM PDT by Uncle Ike (Sometimes I sets and thinks, and sometimes I jus' sets.........)
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To: HAL9000

Oh goody. These things have worked so well in the past.


5 posted on 04/12/2008 3:42:08 AM PDT by Past Your Eyes (Bill Clinton: Life Member of the Liars' Club.)
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To: HAL9000
North Korea and the United States have reached a secret deal...

Under the secret agreement...

North Korea and the U.S. agreed to exchange a secret memorandum...

Embellish much?

6 posted on 04/12/2008 3:42:41 AM PDT by Recovering Hermit ("A liberal feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money.")
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To: Recovering Hermit

So now that our “science” on WMDs in Iraq has been snookered, we kow tow and give NK credit for its soundness?

My my my... come on, we’re better than this.


7 posted on 04/12/2008 3:50:45 AM PDT by JudgemAll (control freaks, their world & their problem with my gun and my protecting my private party)
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To: HAL9000
North Korea and the United States have reached a secret deal to end the impasse in the six-nation talks to dismantle the North's nuclear weapons program, a U.S. government-funded radio station reported Saturday.

Dismantled in NK,to be reassembled in Iran.Why is our goobermental so gullible?

8 posted on 04/12/2008 4:54:18 AM PDT by Uncle Meat
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To: HAL9000

Gee, I hope this is not another deal where we wink and give NK everything they want (while turning a blind eye to future shennangins) in exchange for a press conference announcing a sham agreement. Once upon a time our leaders really cared about solving problems. Now its all smoke an mirrors. Is my cynicism showing yet?


9 posted on 04/12/2008 5:33:58 AM PDT by rbg81 (DRAIN THE SWAMP!!)
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To: HAL9000

?


10 posted on 04/12/2008 5:38:51 AM PDT by nuconvert (There are bad people in the pistachio business.)
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To: HAL9000

When will they learn that you can’t deal with habitual liars.
The only negotiation these people understand is large bombs and noises.


11 posted on 04/12/2008 5:46:54 AM PDT by BuffaloJack
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To: HAL9000

We bomb the facilities and leadership into oblivion, and blame it on Isreal, in exchange for silence from the survivors?


12 posted on 04/12/2008 6:14:34 AM PDT by coloradan (The US is becoming a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
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To: HAL9000
North Korea, U.S. reach secret deal to break nuclear deadlock, report says

How many secret deals total, does that make?

13 posted on 04/12/2008 6:52:59 AM PDT by varon (Allegiance to the constitution, always. Allegiance to a political party, never.)
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To: HAL9000
우라늄 농축,시리아와 핵협력 등 북 “미국 발표 내용에 도전않겠다” 힐, 하원서 미북합의 내용 비공개 브리핑 Maybe it's just me but I can't read the story at that link.
14 posted on 04/12/2008 6:55:25 AM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life)
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To: HAL9000
Lucy to Charlie Brown -- "Honest, I won't pull away the football this time"...


15 posted on 04/12/2008 8:17:52 AM PDT by river rat (Semper Fi - You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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