Removal of Rods @ Nuke Plant Touches Off Increase of US Forces Near Korean Peninsula (Developing)

SBS TV (Korea), KBS TV (Korea) and a bunch of other sources in Korea and Japan ^ | 4 February 2003 (Asia Time) | AmericanInTokyo

[Cindy]

GoAsiaPacific.com - Breaking News: "NORTH KOREA STEPS UP THREATS OF WAR" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "North Korea has warned that the Korean peninsula will be reduced to ashes if United States aggression goes unchecked.") (February 7, 2003)
http://www.goasiapacific.com/news/GoAsiaPacificBNA_779535.htm

[Cindy]

An Informative Discussion regarding an AFP Article: "NORTH KOREA MAY TEST-FIRE LONGER-RANGE MISSILE THIS YEAR: EXPERT" (February 7, 2003)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/838462/posts

[freedumb2003]

>>The USA needs to make sure this is understood as a South Korean, Japanese, Russian and yes, Chinese problem!
Good time for Powell to go to the UN<<

Scr*w the UN. Let the Japanese get their butts in gear, less they be looking down the barrel of a Nuke from a master extortionist.

If they want us to help, great -- pay for play and at least cover the replacement cost for us to be their de-facto military.

[Cindy]

SAAG.org - SOUTH ASIA ANALYSIS GROUP Paper No.610 by Dr. Rajesh Kumar Misra: "NUCLEAR SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY OF PAKISTAN: CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER TO NONPROLIFERATION" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Recent revelations of support to North Korean uranium enrichment programme and the connections of some of the scientists with Al Qaeda appear to confirm that Pakistan is developing into one of the most dangerous proliferant countries in the world. The nuclear scientific community plays a pivotal role in it. Right at the top, Dr. A.Q. Khan to several other scientists who were involved in the nuclear development programme of Pakistan, remain suspects. More than a dozen scientists in Pakistan can be called as  nuclear proliferation agents. Including a list of suspected scientists in Pakistan, this paper is an effort to draw attention of the international community on the existing alleged rogue nuclear scientific community in Pakistan and their potential involvement in proliferation of weapons of mass destruction worldwide at different state and non-state levels.") February 7, 2003

[Cindy]

re post no. 117: Here is a link to the FBI Press Release regarding the North Korean subject:
http://www.fbi.gov/fieldnews/february/la020503.htm

[johnny7]

We better finish the job now this time (exactly 60 years later) as Gen. MacArthur had wisely advised.

With all due respect, that is easier said than done.

After Inchon, MacArthur quickly took Pyongyang and the Marines landed at Wonsan.

Then he started to lose it. A 3 pronged drive to the Yalu. Army on the left, ROK forces in the center and Marines on the right.

Very mountainous terrain and few decent roads. What was the point? We took the NK capitol.

[justa-hairyape]

Thanks for the link. Hopefully this North Korean Agent will be forced to plea bargain and give up the names of others he recruited. Could led to some interesting discoveries, no doubt.

[Cindy]

FOX NEWS.com (AP): "INTELLIGENCE: N. KOREA NUCLEAR MISSILE COULD REACH U.S." (February 12, 2003)
(ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Tenet said North Korea probably has one or two nuclear weapons.

An unclassified U.S. intelligence estimate, released by CIA officials in December 2001, said the three-stage Taepo Dong 2 missile was probably close to being ready for flight testing.

But North Korea has held to a voluntary moratorium on flight tests of its long-range missiles, although officials in Pyongyang likely will conduct new tests.

The 2001 U.S. government report said a three-stage Taepo Dong could deliver a several-hundred-pound payload from North Korea to targets about 9,300 miles distant — sufficient to strike all of North America.

A two-stage Taepo Dong 2, which would be easier to use successfully, may be able to reach Alaska or Hawaii, it said.

In 1998, the North Koreans attempted to put a satellite into orbit with the launch of a three-stage version of the earlier model of the Taepo Dong. It failed when the third stage did not ignite.")
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,78388,00.html


SOFTWAR.net
http://www.softwar.net

[Cindy]

An Interesting Discussion on FREEREPUBLIC.com regarding a BBC NEWS article: "JAPAN THREATENS FORCE AGAINST NORTH KOREA" (February 13, 2003)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/842726/posts