Posted on 08/17/2006 2:28:46 PM PDT by finnman69
There is new evidence that North Korea may be preparing to for an underground test of nuclear bomb, U.S. officials tell ABC News.
"It is the view of the intelligence community that a test is real possibility," says a senior State Department official.
A senior military official tells ABC News that a U.S. intelligence agency has recently observed "suspicious vehicle movement" at a suspected North Korean test site.
The activity includes the unloading of large reels of cable outside an underground facility called Pungyee-yok in northeast North Korea. Cables can be used in nuclear testing to connect an underground test site to outside observation equipment. The intelligence was brought to the attention of the White House last week.
Even before this most recent intelligence, there has been growing concern within the U.S. government that North Korea is moving toward a nuclear test. North Korea is believed to have enough nuclear material to build as many as a dozen nuclear bombs, but it has never tested one. A successful test would remove any doubt that North Korea is a nuclear power.
"What does he have to lose?" asked one senior military official, referring to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.
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It's awful. They got me to the point of almost, saying; oh, come on. do it.
Or, shut up about it....
It's absolutely related to the end of the month showdown with Iran.
Maybe the leftists in Congress want to send in Jesse Jackson to talk or something.
FWIW, I predicted as much, a few weeks back. It makes a great deal of sense for these idiots to try to spread our attention around.
I can't help recalling the debates a few years back about the likelihood of a two-theatre war. I'm guessing that debate is about to heat up again, if it's not made moot by current events.
AIT, I've seen you on other North Korea threads with insight from news on the ground in Japan. I'd be interested in the reaction to this latest installment.
No they'd probably want either Carter or Albright.
Or they both make moves at the same time? NK goes south, and Iran moves on Iraq and Israel?
Does China want to join the party, too?
The map on the war games thread suggests that Iran has big plans this weekend...
No doubt.
The clock is ticking.
Send Carter, Clinton and Jesse Jerkson over there to negotiate. Maybe throw in HoHo Dean, Feinswine and Captain Oldsmobile for kicks.
Then nuke the joint until they don't need lights at night in Japan.
If we have already nuked NK or Iran what makes the ChiComs and Russkies think that we wouldn't launch on warning against them?
If that's the case, I bet Iran's bomb works and NK's doesn't. Only one of them has the cash to make sure the job gets done right.
As one can see from the chart (from Japanese news), here are the occasions of Kim Jong il dropping out of public sight for long periods of time. (usually during some particular uproar of some sort--asassination plots or negotiation talks failures, or weapons testing invariably). In just 5 days days (next Tuesday) time from now, he will have been out of sight, (and probably underground) for the longest time period ever since assuming power in 1994.
It would appear the rat is underground, getting reports, and plotting his next nuke steps....
Betcha both of their bombs came from the same place - Pakistan...
A nukular test by NJ should be a declaration of nukular war.
Your wish is my command.
These countries are developing mass destruction weapons with which to KILL us or at least blackmail us. They only understand force and threats of force. Has the Bush administration entered a fantasy world?
Nah, the Iranian nuke is probably Russian in origin. Pakistan isn't Shi'ite like Iran is and probably wouldn't be all that comfortable with them having a nuke.
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