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http://www.wbir.com/news/national/story.aspx?storyid=35781
NORAD monitored launch of North Korean missiles
It turns out the US military was fully aware of today's missile launches by North Korea but quickly determined they posed no threat to the US.
The launches came Tuesday afternoon US time and involved six missiles. A spokesman says the US Northern Command and NORAD were "immediately aware" of the launches. NORAD is the North American Aerospace Defense Command run by the US and Canada to monitor the skies for threats from things like missiles, planes and falling space objects.
The spokesman says the command continues to monitor the Korea situation and "will defeat any threat to the United States and its territory."
NORAD was also busy yesterday keeping tabs on the space shuttle launch.
Copyright AP
Kevin Massey , Associate Producer
Last updated: 7/5/2006 4:51:53 AM
Off Topic, but interesting...
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=50918
"Kansas City customs port considered Mexican soil?
WND investigation finds new evidence U.S. facility to be on foreign territory"
Posted: July 5, 2006
1:00 a.m. Eastern
By Jerome R. Corsi, Ph.D.
© 2006 WorldNetDaily.com
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A Mexican customs facility planned for Kansas City's inland port may have to be considered the sovereign soil of Mexico as part of an effort to lure officials in that country into cooperating with the Missouri development project.
Despite adamant denials by Kansas City Area Development Council officials, WND has obtained emails and other documents from top executives with the KCSmartPort project that suggest such a facility would by necessity be considered Mexican territory – despite its presence in the heartland of the U.S.
The documents were obtained with the assistance of Joyce Mucci, the founder of the Mid-America Immigration Reform Coalition, under the provisions of the Missouri Sunshine Law from the City of Kansas City, Mo., and from the Missouri Department of Economic Development.
The documents reveal a two-year campaign initiated in 2004 and managed by top SmartPort officials to win Mexico's agreement to establish the Mexican customs facility within the Kansas City "inland port." Kansas City SmartPort launched a concerted effort to advance the idea, holding numerous meetings with Mexican government officials in Mexico and in Washington to push the Mexican port idea in concert. The effort involved Missouri elected officials, including members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate."