Flash: North Korea To Test 2nd Atom Bomb

Carrera

North Korea is preparing a second nuclear test as a response to the U.N.'s sanctions.
• NEW: U.S. envoy: 2nd nuke test would be 'belligerent answer' to world
• NEW: U.S. sees possible signs of preparation for second nuclear test
• North Korea says U.N. sanctions 'declaration of war'
• U.S. officials say China is inspecting trucks bound for North Korea
Ref CNN:
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- North Korea may be preparing to conduct a second nuclear test, a U.S. official with access to intelligence information said Tuesday.
The official says that activity at a second nuclear site in North Korea is looking very similar to activity seen at another site just before the October 9 nuclear test.The official said buildings and other structures are being fabricated at this second site, possibly in an effort to hide activities from spy satellites. (Watch what U.S. intelligence is finding at possible test site -- 1:46)
"It would not be unreasonable to assume the North Koreans are planning a second test," White House press secretary Tony Snow said Tuesday.
The intelligence official said there are also reports of statements from senior North Korean military officials saying that the government intends to conduct multiple tests.Activity is also being seen at the site of the confirmed nuclear test, the official said. It's not clear if that activity is cleanup, maintenance or just wrapping up the testing there.
Pyongyang on Tuesday called the United Nations sanctions resolution approved after the first test a "declaration of war." North Korea's Foreign Ministry said in a statement carried by the official Korean Central News Agency that the country wants "peace but is not afraid of war."
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sogood

Go Dubya! Push NK for 3 more tests and then you can convince the congress for more funding on that Missle Defence Program you so loved! This time you really have found your WMD and proven it!

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wolfix

Just a thought...... A rare earthquake hit Hawaii a few days after the nuclear test ...Any possible connection?

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sogood

Sure, it's that evil Nth Korean under-sea nuclear tunnel...

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Carrera

These are small tests and conducted by expert scientists. By all accounts, North Korea has progressed to the point it should be able to deliver its nuclear missiles on actual warheads very shortly.
However, North Korea made it clear it would never instigate nuclear war and its weapons program is defensive only.
Personally I think the U.S. should talk to North Korea and use some diplomacy. These people are not really so crazy as has been portrayed.

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sogood

Of course not crazy. It's not hard to beat an IQ of 93.

Objectively speaking, why would any country considered to be enemy of Washington obey this nuclear anti-proliferation treaty, when Washington is not significantly reducing its nuclear stock pile, allocating more money on the next generation of mini nuclear bombs along with that go it alone attitude in international affairs? Maybe this sub-1kT nuclear bomb detonated by NK is exactly what Washington wanted to develop themselves.

Anyway, putting the evilness of NK or US aside, the whole "I can have it but you can't" NAP arguement just doesn't make sense, even to a primary school kid.

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stevebaby

Perhaps NK could suggest to the US that if Israel gets rid of its nukes...NK will too.
That won't happen naturally.

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sogood

Are you suggesting NK-US direct talks? Gosh, that's sacrilege for the Bush admin...

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stevebaby

"There's an elephant in the room...let's pretend it's not there and it might go away!"

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stevebaby

I just caught part of an interview with a BBC journalist who had interviewed Kim Jong Il.Unfortunately didn't get the journo's name,but he said that KJI is highly intelligent,well informed about the outside world and definately not a whacko.
Dubya,on the other hand...!!!

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BillM

What is it with people cracking on America when they know nothing about it. The US is willing to talk with NK...but we want all of the involved nations to be in on it.

When we went into Iraq without UN support....all of you America haters went on a rampage furiously typing at your keyboard about evil America blah blah blah.

In NK we want Japan, China, SK, Russia etc involved in the talks....and again..the America haters are in an uproar over that too.

It's so pathetic it's funny.

sogood

Wahaha... Then it's not called "direct talk"!

The conflict in the Korean peninsula is a problem b/n the ideological N Korea and similarly ideological US, similar to the positions b/n Cuba-US, Venezuela-US and Iran-US. S Korea is keen on reunification but the US would not have a bar of it... Or there'll another one less justification to keep up the US military expenditures and bases in the Far East. A convenient excuse for the multi-billion $$$ MDS program.

So the way to solve the problem is for the US and N Korea to solve their differences and the most the neighbouring nations can do is to facilitate the process. What the present Bush admin is trying to do is to not change its own position nor trade its position, but leverage Japan/S Korea/China/Russia to use their resources and political capital to benefit US's objectives. Well, this US policy has worked so well so far that N Korea is going to explode a second nuke! Maybe that's what Cheney et al has always wanted...

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BillM

No kidding....did I say it was?


We don't need any excuse to keep bases in the Far East....we can strike any nation anywhere on the planet from home base if we so choose. Any base we have there...is because they want us there.


Is their some lunatic web site that you guys get all this bull shit from? Japan, South Korea, China and Russia ALL have a VERY vested interest in talking with North Korea and NONE of them want us speaking with North Korea on their behalf.

The only morons that think that is a good idea are the America haters who have limited knowledge of anything but how to hate America and blame us for everything wrong in the universe.

Simply amazing.

sogood

The question is, WHY does the US have that aggressive military mentality? And willing to use it in Iraq and other countries. Using the same Dubya logic on the number of civilian deaths there, I think Iraq needs to be liberated from US control...

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