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South Korean intelligence has detected suspicious vehicle movements around a major North Korean missile launch site, a source in Seoul said Sunday (Sept 3). The military official said several large vehicles were spotted recently moving around in the eastern coastal missile base of Gitdaeryeong where the North fired six short- and medium-range missiles in July. On July 5, Pyongyang fired the Scud and Rodong missiles above the East Sea along with a long-range Taepodong-2 missile which experts believe could reach the US mainland. "We are not ruling out the possibility that the North could fire more Rodong and Scud missiles,"...

CHICAGO - The incoming deputy leader of Senate Democrats demanded answers Saturday from Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld as to why U.S. soldiers in Iraq (news - web sites) and Afghanistan (news - web sites) lack protective equipment for themselves and their vehicles.   "We can, and we should, armor every Humvee and every truck our troops use in Iraq and Afghanistan," Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said in his party's weekly radio address. "No more excuses, no more delays. We can save hundreds of lives and prevent thousands of serious injuries." Congress has given the Bush administration all the defense spending...