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U.S. Widens Campaign on North Korea(denying
flights over Central Asia carrying NK WMD's)
NYT ^ | 10/24/05 | DAVID E. SANGER
Posted on 10/24/2005 7:44:42 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
October 24, 2005
U.S. Widens Campaign on North Korea
By DAVID E. SANGER
MOSCOW, Oct. 23 - The Bush administration is expanding what it calls
"defensive measures" against North Korea, urging nations from China
to the former Soviet states to deny overflight rights to aircraft that the
United States says are carrying weapons technology, according to two
senior administration officials.
At the same time, the officials said, the administration is accelerating
an effort to place radiation detectors at land crossings and at airports
throughout Central Asia. The devices are intended to monitor the
North Koreans and the risk that nuclear weapons material could be
removed from facilities in the former Soviet states.
The new campaign was speeded up this summer after a previously
undisclosed incident in June, when American satellites tracked an
Iranian cargo plane landing in North Korea. The two countries have a
history of missile trade - Iran's Shahab missile is a derivative of a
North Korean design - and intelligence officials suspected the plane
was picking up missile parts.
Rather than watch silently, senior Bush administration officials began
urging nations in the area to deny the plane the right to fly over their
territory. China and at least one Central Asian nation cooperated,
according to senior officials, who confirmed the outlines of the incident
to demonstrate that President Bush's strategy to curb proliferation,
which has been criticized by some experts for moving too slowly, is
showing results. The officials insisted on anonymity because they were
discussing sensitive information.
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U.S. Widens Campaign on North Korea(denying flights over Central Asia carrying NK WMD's)
NYT ^ | 10/24/05 | DAVID E. SANGER
Posted on 10/24/2005 7:44:42 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
October 24, 2005
"U.S. Widens Campaign on North Korea"
By DAVID E. SANGER
MOSCOW, Oct. 23 -
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The new campaign was speeded up this summer after a previously undisclosed incident in June, when American satellites tracked an Iranian cargo plane landing in North Korea. The two countries have a history of missile trade - Iran's Shahab missile is a derivative of a North Korean design - and intelligence officials suspected the plane was picking up missile parts."