Posted on 10/08/2006 7:47:28 PM PDT by Lunatic Fringe
Numbers will likely bounce around awhile today until all the input is verified.
That is unlikely to change as the data has been reviewed by a seismologist.
It is a holiday. The 'seismologist' was either the janitor or was the actual seismologist called away from the third day of the barbeque and suds weekend. Check back tomorrow.
They are focused on derailing the Republican majority next November and getting the Democrats in power, and no nuclear test will stop them. Pathetic.
ON THE NET...
http://fallingrain.com/world/KN/17/Punggyeri.html
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/KN/3/Punggyeri.html
http://english.yna.co.kr/Engnews/20061009/610000000020061009190247E0.html
2006/10/09 19:02 KST
"(7th LD) N. Korea claims success in nuclear test"
By Lee Chi-dong
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Abe later told a separate press conference at a Seoul hotel that his country would take stern measures against North Korea and step up its defense-related cooperation with the U.S."
Adding to post no. 1687:
http://www.globalcrisiswatch.com/email/nork_02.jpg
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http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/10/20061009.html
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
October 9, 2006
President Bush's Statement on North Korea Nuclear Test
9:58 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Last night the government of North Korea proclaimed to the world that it had conducted a nuclear test. We're working to confirm North Korea's claim. Nonetheless, such a claim itself constitutes a threat to international peace and security. The United States condemns this provocative act. Once again North Korea has defied the will of the international community, and the international community will respond.
This was confirmed this morning in conversations I had with leaders of China, and South Korea, Russia, and Japan. We reaffirmed our commitment to a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula, and all of us agreed that the proclaimed actions taken by North Korea are unacceptable and deserve an immediate response by the United Nations Security Council.
The North Korean regime remains one of the world's leading proliferator of missile technology, including transfers to Iran and Syria. The transfer of nuclear weapons or material by North Korea to states or non-state entities would be considered a grave threat to the United States, and we would hold North Korea fully accountable of the consequences of such action.
The United States remains committed to diplomacy, and we will continue to protect ourselves and our interests. I reaffirmed to our allies in the region, including South Korea and Japan, that the United States will meet the full range of our deterrent and security commitments.
Threats will not lead to a brighter future for the North Korean people, nor weaken the resolve of the United States and our allies to achieve the de-nuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. Today's claim by North Korea serves only to raise tensions, while depriving the North Korean people of the increased prosperity and better relations with the world offered by the implementation of the joint statement of the six-party talks. The oppressed and impoverished people of North Korea deserve that brighter future.
Thank you.
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Reid: Investigate Bush Over North Korea Nukes
CNSNews ^ | October 09, 2006 | Nathan Burchfiel
Posted on 10/09/2006 12:53:50 PM PDT by AT7Saluki
(CNSNews.com) - Reacting to the announcement that North Korea successfully conducted a nuclear test, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) called Monday for an investigation of the Bush administration's "failed North Korea policies."
In a release, Reid said that "on the Bush Administration's watch, North Korea's arsenal has grown to as many as a dozen bombs," because he said Bush is "distracted by Iraq and paralyzed by internal divisions."
Calling the test "reckless and counterproductive," Reid called on Bush to "rally the international community and ... directly speak with the North Koreans so they understand we will not continue to stand on the sidelines."
Reid also called for a "full review" of the Bush administration's "failed North Korea policy," the development of "recommendations to change course," and direct communication with the North Koreans about "the consequence of their actions and the administration's new course."
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Unlikely, when they say its been looked at by a seismo, that is what it means, not a janitor. There are professional standards in the geologic field, and as a professional geologist I'll take their word for it.
Oddly, I actually do know them. They work just up the road. Went to school with a couple of them. Math class, etc.
First we got the bomb, and that was good,
'Cause we love peace and motherhood.
Then Russia got the bomb, but that's okay,
'Cause the balance of power's maintained that way.
Who's next?
France got the bomb, but don't you grieve,
'Cause they're on our side (I believe).
China got the bomb, but have no fears,
They can't wipe us out for at least five years.
Who's next?
Then Indonesia claimed that they
Were gonna get one any day.
South Africa wants two, that's right:
One for the black and one for the white.
Who's next?
Egypt's gonna get one too,
Just to use on you know who.
So Israel's getting tense.
Wants one in self defense.
"The Lord's our shepherd," says the psalm,
But just in case, we better get a bomb.
Who's next?
Luxembourg is next to go,
And (who knows?) maybe Monaco.
We'll try to stay serene and calm
When Alabama gets the bomb.
Who's next?
Who's next?
Who's next?
Who's next?
Tom Lehrer, 1965
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,20555403-1702,00.html?from=public_rss
China trains troops on N Korea border
From correspondents in Beijing
October 10, 2006 11:04am
Article from: Reuters
CHINESE defence forces have cancelled leave for troops along at least part of the border with North Korea, a mainland-controlled Hong Kong newspaper reported today, a day after Pyongyang announced a nuclear test.
The Wen Wei Po said Chinese People's Liberation Army troops ranged along the border in northeast China's Jilin province "have had leave totally cancelled" and some forces were conducting "anti-chemical" training exercises.
The report comes a day after Beijing condemned as "brazen" North Korea's reported underground nuclear test, and Chinese President Hu Jintao warned the North and other powers against escalating the crisis.
THANKS for that update CallMeJoe.
surely.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/772480.html
Last update - 03:44 10/10/2006
Israel worried North Korea will pass nuclear know-how to Iran
By Aluf Benn, Haaretz Correspondent and Agencies
Israel is concerned that North Korea will transfer materials and technology for the development of nuclear weapons to Iran, a senior Israeli official said Monday following a nuclear test carried out by North Korea.
According to the official, North Korea had issued a warning last week that it would not hesitate to transfer "technology, materials and nuclear arms" to other countries.
North Korea has close defense ties with Iran and Syria and has been a major source for the supply of surface-to-surface missiles and ballistic missile knowhow to both countries.
The senior Israeli official also warned that the North Korean nuclear test is likely to result in Tehran expediting its nuclear development program, because of the assumption that a state with nuclear arms is "immune" to a strike against its nuclear installations.
"Now that North Korea has proven nuclear capabilities, it is liable to collaborate with Iran and accelerate the Iranian nuclear program," Israel's ambassador to the United States Danny Ayalon said.
An Iranian diplomat involved in talks with the European Union on his country's nuclear ambitions said Monday that the North Korean test is likely to make the West think twice about its attitude toward the Iranian nuclear program.
The diplomat also voiced a veiled threat that Tehran would one day go the way of Pyongyang.
The North Korean test comes at a time when the United States is making efforts to rally international support for sanctions against Iran because of its disregard for a UN Security Council demand that Tehran freeze its uranium enrichment program.
However, senior European and American diplomatic sources opposed any comparison between the deadlock on Iran's nuclear program and North Korea, saying that these were different problems requiring different solutions.
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will hold a special meeting on dealing with the threat posed by the Iranian nuclear program this week. The meeting was planned several weeks ago, but will now take place in light of the North Korean nuclear test and its implications on the Middle East.
The Israel Atomic Energy Committee confirmed Monday that North Korea had carried out a nuclear test, on the basis of seismologic data. According to the press release, the subterranean explosion was relatively small, with an estimated yield of 0.5 and 1.0 kiloton.
Israel joined the chorus of nations throughout the world Monday who condemned the North Korean nuclear test and also called for a continuation of the "moratorium on nuclear tests." The international community must "firmly implement UNSC resolutions adopted to deal with weapons of mass destruction and the proliferation threat," a statement read.
Tehran was reserved in its reaction to the North Korean test, and did not condemn Pyongyang. "Any step that threatens global peace and security is not acceptable to Iran," a senior official said.
Iran's state radio was more blatant and blamed Washington for the North Korean test.
"The U.S. not only failed to remove the sanctions it imposed on North Korea, but even stepped up diplomatic pressure against it. In the end, such pressure resulted in North Korea holding a nuclear test. The nuclear test of North Korea is a response to American threats and humiliations."
European and other intelligence sources claim that North Korean scientists offer assistance to Iran in the development of its nuclear program.
North Korea helped Iran develop its Shehab-class of surface-to-surface missiles.
1997 spring : (CLINTON ADMIN INSISTS N KOREAN NUKE PROGRAM WAS SUCCESSFULLY HALTED BY THE 1994 "AGREED FRAMEWORK") Administration spokesmen also have continued to state that N. Korea's nuclear arms program was halted by the October 1994 Framework Agreeement. The agreement required N.Korea to freeze its nuclear program and eventually end all aspects of its bomb-making program in exchange for nuclear reactors and technology that are harder to use for weapons production. - "Hwang says North Korea has nuclear weapons, " By Bill Gertz, THE WASHINGTON TIMES, June 5, 1997
That agreed framework worked like a charm.
APRIL 20, 1997 : (NORTH KOREAN HWANG JANG-YOP ARRIVES IN SEOL AFTER DEFECTING, TELLS U.S. OF NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR, CHEMICAL WEAPONS PROGRAM AND PLANNED UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR TEST) A high-ranking defector says N. Korea possesses nuclear weapons and planned to conduct an underground nuclear test that was never carried out, according to CIA sources. ... Hwang Jang-yop, the highest-ranking defector ever to break with the north, disclosed the information about N. Korea's nuclear weapons during debriefings that began after his April 20, 1997 arrival in Seoul. ... Mr. Hwang also has revealed that North Korea has an arsenal of "high-grade" chemical weapons and probably has deadly biological arms as well, according to a U.S. intelligence report based on CIA data that was obtained by The Washington Times.
Not surprising.
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