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04-21-2005, 09:26 AM
N. Korea arsenal may be growing
By Barbara Slavin, USA TODAY
NEW YORK — North Korea has shut down its nuclear reactor and plans to remove the fuel to make bombs and "increase our deterrent" against a possible U.S. attack, North Korean deputy ambassador to the United Nations Han Songryol said in an interview Monday.
If North Korea carries out the threat, it would mark the second time in two years that it has removed fuel rods from its reactor in Yongbyon to make bomb material. The reclusive nation claims it has nuclear weapons, and the CIA has estimated it possesses from two to eight; reprocessing this reactor fuel could give it an additional six.
North Korea's new declaration could be an attempt to push the United States to negotiate over the North Korean nuclear program on more conciliatory terms.
The Bush administration has demanded that North Korea dismantle its nuclear program and said it will talk with the North Koreans only in the context of six-party talks that also include South Korea, Japan, China and Russia.I love it. NK are jumping up and down saying "we got nookleah weapon, come and fight us" while Iran (http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/050421/w042112.html) are doing their best to dissuade the US from nailing them for the same thing.
Maybe NK should get Israel to accuse them of having weapons?
By Barbara Slavin, USA TODAY
NEW YORK — North Korea has shut down its nuclear reactor and plans to remove the fuel to make bombs and "increase our deterrent" against a possible U.S. attack, North Korean deputy ambassador to the United Nations Han Songryol said in an interview Monday.
If North Korea carries out the threat, it would mark the second time in two years that it has removed fuel rods from its reactor in Yongbyon to make bomb material. The reclusive nation claims it has nuclear weapons, and the CIA has estimated it possesses from two to eight; reprocessing this reactor fuel could give it an additional six.
North Korea's new declaration could be an attempt to push the United States to negotiate over the North Korean nuclear program on more conciliatory terms.
The Bush administration has demanded that North Korea dismantle its nuclear program and said it will talk with the North Koreans only in the context of six-party talks that also include South Korea, Japan, China and Russia.I love it. NK are jumping up and down saying "we got nookleah weapon, come and fight us" while Iran (http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/050421/w042112.html) are doing their best to dissuade the US from nailing them for the same thing.
Maybe NK should get Israel to accuse them of having weapons?