Posted on 08/18/2006 7:46:33 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo
Reports from Seoul Korea, (daily newspaper Joongang Ilbo in Seoul) via the Japanese Jiji press agency, that South Korean intelligence has intercepted radio messages/communications in North Korea, which were aired last month, to civilians in the Kilju County, Northern Hamgyeong Province area of northeastern D.P.R.K., to evacuate.
The source in the South Korean government said "our interpretation is that following North Korea's underground nuclear blast test, they wish to head off any escape of radiation that would be a threat to the nearby civilian population and are evacuating as such."
it won't happen. decades of political correctness has hollowed out that kind of determination within our government - and most of our citizens.
yeah it drives me crazy it so drives me crazy in the words of Stonewall Jackson Kill'em Kill'em All.
OTOH, in my own field I'm a highly skilled, properly trained professional ... and I have 'way too much experience with doing my level best to keep old equipment running (not always successfully) ... and with new equipment not always working as advertised.
The difference is, the anti-American left doesn't get its colective panties in a bunch when I take my stuff out and field-test it. They don't even know about it. Nukes are a bit more noticable ...
Your guess is as good as mine.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1685947/posts?page=18#11
"To: ARealMothersSonForever
lady, you have no clue to what you are talking about. I am "very familiar" with N.Iraq and you are off your rocker.
12 posted on 08/18/2006 11:24:55 AM CDT by ma bell ("Take me to Pristine. I want to see the "real terrorists", Former Marine)
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its just a Stunt to get food and stuff for his people he always he dose when the spot light isnt on him maybe he's nice and good little boy we will buy him a happy meal and a little toy.
If they do, I am sure we will.
I guess we're gonna find out the hard way whether or not we as a nation have the balls to stand up to nuclear blackmail. I hope and pray you are wrong, but I fear you may be right.
could't say it better myself
Not like you would think, keep in mind that we also have small yield nukes that this President would have no problem using.
Please provide a substantial link. I am embarrassed by such rhetoric.
AUGUST22 actually returns quite a few hits. Don't know how relevent they are, but they gotta be worth a peak.
If that's the case, maybe KIM JONG IL will be the second tinhorn dictator with one testicle we have had to deal with in our 225 year history, who will meet his demise in a dank, deep underground bunker with his new bride, who will also be incinerated with him.
ohhhhhh please take your Leftest Views to moveon.org
Nuclear test fears called plausible but unproven
U.S. network says North may explode a weapon
August 19, 2006 ¤Ñ Reacting to a U.S. news report suggesting that a North Korean nuclear test could be imminent, an official here said yesterday that such a test is a "logical possibility" but that there appears to be no evidence one is near.
Citing unidentified U.S. officials, ABC News reported Thursday that Pyongyang may be preparing for an underground test. The U.S. network cited "suspicious" vehicle movements at a purported North Korean test site, where large reels of cable were being unloaded. That suggested, the network said, work on a monitoring system for an underground blast. The site is in the northeastern North Hamgyeong province of North Korea.
"Pyongyang said it would take even stronger measures after the UN resolution was passed, so we have been monitoring the possibility of a nuclear test," the official told reporters at a background briefing. He was referring to a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning North Korea's missile tests last month and calling for more nuclear talks.
The official declined to comment on the ABC report, but added that Seoul and Washington were sharing intelligence on the matter. He said that detecting small movements does not necessarily mean anything, and cautioned against overreacting.
He conceded that it would be more difficult to detect preparations for an underground nuclear test than for missile tests, adding that mountainous areas where an underground test would be most easily conducted were also harder to monitor. Seoul and Washington, he said, have noted several sites where active preparations that could lead to nuclear tests are being made. Other sites are also being watched, he said.
Asked by reporters if the North might just be putting on another political show, he conceded that such an explanation was possible. But another government official said yesterday that some intercepted North Korean communications in early July suggested that monitoring equipment for a nuclear test was being prepared, and that residents in one area had been told to evacuate.
Unification Minister Lee Jong-seok said yesterday he was unaware of any clear evidence of test plans.
In a similar report yesterday by CNN, a senior U.S. military official said Washington was not 100-percent sure that Pyongyang would conduct a test. Other U.S. officials agreed.
Pyongyang said it had nuclear weapons in February 2005. Reports about two months later of an imminent test were proven wrong.
But no one seems to be dismissing the gravity of the matter. Observers and politicians have suggested another missile test could be in the works, but generally agree that such shows are a bid for attention. A nuclear test, said one Korean official, would put things in a "very grave state." He continued, "Even without such a test, the nuclear negotiations are in a difficult situation. A test would nullify years of work."
They're in the bar on the 44th floor of the Koryo Hotel.
thanks for the link
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