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Fatherly Advice to the President on North Korea

Carlyle's Way
"Shortly after George W. Bush was sworn in as president, he broke off talks with North Korea regarding long-range ballistic missiles, claiming there was no way to ensure North Korea would comply with any guidelines that were developed. The news came as a shock to South Korean officials, who had spent years negotiating with the North, assisted by the Clinton administration. By June, Mr. Bush had reopened negotiations with North Korea, but only at the urging of his own father. According to reports, the former president sent his son a memo persuasively arguing the need to work with the North Korean government. It was the first time the nation had seen the influence of the father on the son in office.

But what has been overlooked was Carlyle's business interest in Korea. The senior Bush had spearheaded the group's successful entrance into the South Korean market, paving the way for buyouts of Korea's KorAm Bank and Mercury, a telecommunications equipment company. For the business to be successful, stability between North and South Korea is critical.

Carlyle says to invest $80 mln in Korea tech firms

"The State Department's 1999 report stated that North Korea had links with Osama bin Laden."

"As in earlier reports, the CIA identified Russia, China and North Korea as "key suppliers" of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons materials and missile-delivery systems. For the first time, the report included a section on the use by terrorists of unconventional weapons. According to the report, Osama bin Laden and groups allied with him are interested in "staging unconventional attacks" and have sought materials to develop chemical, biological and nuclear weapons since the early 1990s."...."North Korea exported "significant" ballistic missile goods to the Middle East"

North Korea A Bio-War Juggernaut

"We want to make sure that their ability to develop and spread weapons of mass destruction was, in fact, stopped."

North Korean Tunnel/Bunker Technology: Used by bin Laden

Saudi Arabia listed with Iraq, North Korea as least free

In fact, Americans rank U.S. ally Saudi Arabia ahead of North Korea and Syria as a supporter of international terrorism

WALL STREET JOURNAL: BUSH SR. IN BUSINESS WITH BIN LADEN FAMILY CONGLOMERATE THROUGH CARLYLE GROUP

Saudi Arabia

Bush Advisers Cashed in on Saudi Gravy Train

The White House connection: Saudi `agents' close Bush friends