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Eye Witness Account of Nuclear Bomb by a Former N. Korean Nuke Technician, a Defector
Sankei Shimbun ^ | 06/26/08
Posted on June 27, 2008 7:00:03 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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Eye Witness Account of Nuclear Bomb by a Former N. Korean Nuke Technician, a Defector
Satellite Photograph of the bomb assembly facility made public
2008.6.26 18:46
Topics of this news: The North Korean Nuclear Problem
On June 26, a Korean Peninsula affairs team at a think tank called the “Japanese policy research center”(Tokyo,) held a press conference at a friendship hall of Tokyo’s Minato-ku-ji, announcing that a former N. Korean nuclear technician, now a defector, gave a clear testimony that he had seen a nuclear bomb in January, 2001.
According to Aiya Osamu, a journalist who made announcement, and other participants, the nuclear technician(specialist in (high) explosives) is Park Wan-chol (alias) who defected to S. Korea in 2005. In an interview conducted by experts last month, he testified that he witnessed the bomb in person at a building near Party Committee (building) of Yongbyun. There was one nuclear bomb placed in a room,
It is of cylindrical shape, about 1 meter in diameter and height, and electrical wires were wound around the top and the bottom part of it. He said, “At the site, there were up to 60 ignition devices. Detonation charge and plutonium were also inside. A neutron firing device with beryllium and others was located at the center. If you align them properly, you have a nuclear bomb.” He also said, “N. Korea has already given up plutonium development, and changed the direction of their research.”
According to Mr. Osamu, the facilities were built in 80’s. He said, “The nuclear bomb cannot be mounted on a Rodong or other missiles due to its size. However, N. Korea has the expertise on (high) explosives, which is a key to miniaturization of nuclear bomb and could have made some advances on miniaturization.”
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1 posted on June 27, 2008 7:00:04 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
LOS ANGELES - A top federal immigration attorney and his wife were arrested Thursday on suspicion of accepting bribes from immigrants seeking to remain in the United States, according to the FBI.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Assistant Chief Counsel Constantine Peter Kallas, 38, and his wife, Maria Kallas, 39, both of Alta Loma, were arrested by FBI agents at the San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino in Highland after they allegedly accepted a $20,000 bribe from an immigrant seeking documents to stay in the country, said U.S. Attorney's Office spokesman Thom Mrozek.
They are also accused of accepting thousands of dollars from other illegal immigrants and green card holders in exchange for immigration benefits, Mrozek said. Kallas, who has been with ICE since June 1998 and worked at ICE's office in Los Angeles, has been on unpaid leave since January 2007.
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http://www.dailybreeze.com/ci_9717601
N.Y. Airport Terror Suspects Extradited
Wednesday, June 25,2008
Three men accused of plotting to blow up New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport pleaded not guilty on Wednesday after they were extradited to the United States from Trinidad.
Trinidadian Kareem Ibrahim, 62, and Guyanese citizens Abdul Kadir, 59, and Abdel Nur, 57, were flown by private jet overnight to Miami International Airport en route to JFK, the same airport they are accused of plotting to bomb.
At a hearing in Brooklyn federal court, the three men pleaded innocent to involvement in a plot to blow up buildings, fuel tanks and pipelines at the top international air passenger gateway to the United States. All three were held in custody and did not apply for bail.
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http://www.newsmax.com/us/Airport_Terror_/2008/06/25/107401.html
Terrorist groups destabilizing Saudi Arabia
Thursday 26 June 2008
RIYADH/JEDDAH: During the last six months, Saudi security forces have arrested 701 militants for allegedly plotting to carry out terrorist attacks on oil facilities and other vital installations across the Kingdom, the Interior Ministry announced yesterday.
“Some of the arrested suspects were planning to stage terrorist attacks on oil fields and installations,” Maj. Gen. Mansour Al-Turki, spokesman for the ministry told Arab News. He said the militants — Saudis and foreigners — were trying to regroup and strengthen the Al-Qaeda terror network in Saudi Arabia.
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