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No evidence Nork's Yongbyon reactor has been shut down as promised
From Geostrategy-Direct, subscription.U.S. intelligence agencies monitoring the North Korean nuclear facility at Yongbyon have seen no signs that Pyongyang is following through on the deal reached in Beijing to shut down the facility. Surprise, surprise. The official dismissed news reports in Asia that said activity at the Yongbyon facility was a sign that North Korea was preparing to follow through on its promise to close the facility and invite back International Atomic Energy Agency monitors. "They are just scurrying about to fool us into that they are really doing what they promised." North Korea suspended its agreement in Beijing to dismantle the Yongbyon facility after the United States refused to release money frozen under Treasury Department sanctions in Macaos Banco Delta Asia. The funds, about $24 million, were eventually released by Treasury officials, but Chinese banking officials have balked at releasing the money over concerns that doing so might lead to additional Treasury sanctions under the U.S. Patriot Act, which allows the U.S. government to punish banks and financial institutions involved in money laundering and other activities that could support terrorists. We released the money? Is there no end to US Govt stupidity? Posted by: Alaska Paul 2007-04-28 |
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