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Report: NKorea test-fires 2 more missiles
Yahoo News (AP) ^ | 5/26/2009 | HYUNG-JIN KIM

Posted on 05/26/2009 2:03:04 AM PDT by South40

SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea launched tests Tuesday of two more short-range missiles a day after detonating a nuclear bomb underground, a news report said, pushing the regime's confrontation with world powers further despite the threat of U.N. Security Council action.

Two missiles — one ground-to-air, the other ground-to-ship — with a range of about 80 miles (130 kilometers) were test-fired from an east coast launch pad, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported, citing an unnamed government official.

South Korean spy chief Won Sei-hoon had informed lawmakers earlier Tuesday that a missile test was likely, according to the office of Park Young-sun, a legislator who attended the closed-door briefing.

Yonhap reported that North Korea was preparing to launch a third missile from a west coast site, again citing an unnamed official.

North Korea appeared to be displaying its might a day after conducting an underground atomic test in the northeast that the U.N. Security Council condemned as a "clear violation" of a 2006 resolution banning the regime from developing its nuclear program.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bhonukes; missilelaunch; missiles; nknukes; northkorea; nuclear; unsecuritycouncil
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To: South40
South Korea, meanwhile, announced it would join a maritime web of more than 90 nations that intercept ships suspected of spreading weapons of mass destruction — a move North Korea warned would constitute an act of war.

Hmm. NK is looking for an excuse to retake SK and they've calculated that Obama won't do much about it except blame Bush.

21 posted on 05/26/2009 4:13:20 AM PDT by libertylover (The problem with Obama is not that his skin is too black, it's that his ideas are too RED.)
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To: LibLieSlayer

I think we are witnessing, first hand, what “present” means.


22 posted on 05/26/2009 4:14:02 AM PDT by DHC-2
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To: South40

My money says he’ll offer North Korea millions or even billions in economic assistance in return for a promise of being good.


23 posted on 05/26/2009 4:52:26 AM PDT by Tai_Chung
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To: DHC-2
I think we are witnessing, first hand, what “present” means.

Hey, you give the empty suit guy too much credit. He was busy golfing yesterday, so he couldn't even be present to vote "present." (Wasn't there an emerg. meeting or something at the UN yesterday on the N Korean test blast? Or am I wrong about that?) I guess TOTUS was on the golf course, too.

24 posted on 05/26/2009 4:58:45 AM PDT by CitizenM ("An excuse is worse than an lie, because an excuse is a lie hidden." Pope John Paul, II)
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To: South40

He’ll do nothing and the press will oooh and aaaah over how well he did nothing. Good thing we elected a national leader with experience and sound judgement. SARC alert.


25 posted on 05/26/2009 5:00:43 AM PDT by Texas resident (Texan by birth and by choice.)
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To: South40

Not to defend 0 but he’ll do exactly what Bush did.


26 posted on 05/26/2009 5:03:56 AM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: Tai_Chung

......And it will be your money, and your grandkid’s money.


27 posted on 05/26/2009 5:06:44 AM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: South40

What do you mean the President is out golfing right now?

28 posted on 05/26/2009 5:14:35 AM PDT by McGruff
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To: Recovering_Democrat

If the Ronery One isn’t careful, they’ll increase the font size next.


29 posted on 05/26/2009 5:16:20 AM PDT by NonValueAdded ("Tyranny is always whimsical." Mark Steyn 3/9/2009)
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To: angkor

30 posted on 05/26/2009 5:20:24 AM PDT by reagan_fanatic (When you put Democrats in charge, stupid things happen)
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To: LibLieSlayer
You left out the drugs, alcohol and male prostitutes.

although most of this crowd prolly prefers young boys...

31 posted on 05/26/2009 5:29:04 AM PDT by Gilbo_3 ("JesusChrist 08"...Trust in the Lord......=...LiveFReeOr Die...)
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To: South40

What? I already released a strongly worded statement just yesterday.


32 posted on 05/26/2009 5:31:16 AM PDT by McGruff
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To: South40

They know they’ll get nothing but token bitching from us.


33 posted on 05/26/2009 6:08:31 AM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
They know they’ll get nothing but token bitching from us.

If they even get that.

34 posted on 05/26/2009 6:18:59 AM PDT by b4its2late (There is always one more imbecile than you counted on.)
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To: b4its2late

Putting tin foil firmly on, perhaps Obama and NK arranged this all as a big show to ultimately make Obama look tough.

So in a week or two, NK will say they’re backing down, and Obama looks good.


35 posted on 05/26/2009 6:21:56 AM PDT by dfwgator (1996 2006 2008 - Good Things Come in Threes)
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To: South40
Strong, stronger, strongest worded letter of admonition from the UN.

This is just funny stuff.

36 posted on 05/26/2009 7:18:38 AM PDT by servantboy777
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To: McGruff

Looks like the first 100 days have not been good to our President. The poor man’s hair is going WHITE. And he has 3.6 years left in office. I for one don’t think he can hack it.


37 posted on 05/26/2009 8:19:14 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (History Buffs: At What Point Did The German People "Get" They Had A Monster (Hitler) On Their Hands?)
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To: South40

Wot an attention whore. Obama is moving on. He’s got a nation to move commie don’t ya know.


38 posted on 05/26/2009 8:48:09 AM PDT by romanesq
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To: yankeedame
You know, they say dogs take on the personality of their owners. Seriously, I wonder what kind of dog Bo is turning out to be.

I'd bet on "Bo" getting banished to Camp David in a couple of years. They won't tell us, but the reason will be that he tried to bite a USSS Agent.

39 posted on 05/26/2009 8:52:41 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: AmericanInTokyo
The poor man’s hair is going WHITE. And he has 3.6 years left in office. I for one don’t think he can hack it.

Yeah. All that teleprompter reading, bowling and golfing can be a real bitch.

40 posted on 05/26/2009 9:48:41 AM PDT by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal")
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