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North Korea Appears to Be Preparing for Nuclear Test
ABC News ^ | 8/17/06 | JONATHAN KARL

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: august22; dprk; geopolitics; gilju; kilchu; kiljoo; kimjongil; mushroomcloud; nknukes; northkorea; nucleartesting; nukemeplease; nukes; proliferation; pungyeeyok; wmd
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To: finnman69

It's awful. They got me to the point of almost, saying; oh, come on. do it.
Or, shut up about it....


21 posted on 08/17/2006 2:40:04 PM PDT by onyx eyes (.......................................can you say.... terr o rist...?)
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To: Loyolas Mattman

It's absolutely related to the end of the month showdown with Iran.


22 posted on 08/17/2006 2:40:20 PM PDT by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestu s globus, inflammare animos)
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To: finnman69
This is obviously a plot by the Neocons to distract the world's attention from Iraq. /s
23 posted on 08/17/2006 2:40:40 PM PDT by mainepatsfan
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To: prairiebreeze; Mo1

Maybe the leftists in Congress want to send in Jesse Jackson to talk or something.


24 posted on 08/17/2006 2:40:43 PM PDT by Peach (The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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To: finnman69
Iran and North korea getting hot at the same time. Coincidence? I think not.

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.

25 posted on 08/17/2006 2:41:40 PM PDT by r9etb
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To: finnman69; AmericanInTokyo

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.


26 posted on 08/17/2006 2:42:19 PM PDT by KJC1 ("Thank you for the Hezbollah view." (Tony Snow to Helen Thomas))
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To: Peach

No they'd probably want either Carter or Albright.


27 posted on 08/17/2006 2:42:20 PM PDT by mainepatsfan
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To: finnman69

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...


28 posted on 08/17/2006 2:42:38 PM PDT by Loyolas Mattman
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To: finnman69

No doubt.


29 posted on 08/17/2006 2:43:31 PM PDT by mainepatsfan
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To: Loyolas Mattman

The clock is ticking.


30 posted on 08/17/2006 2:43:52 PM PDT by mainepatsfan
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To: finnman69

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.


31 posted on 08/17/2006 2:43:53 PM PDT by Ancesthntr
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To: quantfive
Iran or North Korea use a nuclear weapon on America through terrorist or a scud fired from a shipping container at sea. The USA nukes North Korea or Iran. Radiation spreads into China or Russia. In the interests of national security, Russia & China nuke the USA.

If we have already nuked NK or Iran what makes the ChiComs and Russkies think that we wouldn't launch on warning against them?

32 posted on 08/17/2006 2:45:06 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (This space for rent.)
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To: Loyolas Mattman

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.


33 posted on 08/17/2006 2:45:16 PM PDT by thoughtomator (Islam delenda est)
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To: Peach
Ya know .. with Iran and now this ... I could very easily put my tin foil hat on right about now
34 posted on 08/17/2006 2:45:44 PM PDT by Mo1 (Bolton- "No one has explained how you negotiate a ceasefire with terrorists")
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To: TexasCajun; TigerLikesRooster
I would say the rumors of a test are probably true. Something is going to come down, that is for sure.

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....

35 posted on 08/17/2006 2:46:16 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (A few clever bones tossed on gay unions, flag burning & Iraq still don't absolve GWB over BORDERS)
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To: thoughtomator

Betcha both of their bombs came from the same place - Pakistan...


36 posted on 08/17/2006 2:47:00 PM PDT by Loyolas Mattman
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To: finnman69

A nukular test by NJ should be a declaration of nukular war.


37 posted on 08/17/2006 2:47:00 PM PDT by ichabod1 (Peace In Our TimeĀ®)
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To: KJC1

Your wish is my command.


38 posted on 08/17/2006 2:47:16 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (A few clever bones tossed on gay unions, flag burning & Iraq still don't absolve GWB over BORDERS)
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To: finnman69
Every article about every rogue state is full of State Dept. idiocy. We are concerned about the consequences, it would be a "mistake", the World will say "tsk tsk".

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?

39 posted on 08/17/2006 2:48:27 PM PDT by Williams
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To: Loyolas Mattman

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.


40 posted on 08/17/2006 2:48:36 PM PDT by thoughtomator (Islam delenda est)
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