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| N. Korea Disables Nuke Cameras |
| 2002-12-21 |
| North Korea disabled U.N. surveillance equipment installed at one of its reactors Saturday, prompting the U.N. nuclear agency to express "deep regret" over the action and issue a new call for restraint. International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei said he urged the reclusive nation not to take further actions to restart its nuclear program. ElBaradei said North Korea "cut most of the seals and impeded the functioning of surveillance equipment" at one of its 5-megawatt reactors at Nyongbyong. "These actions were taken in spite of repeated IAEA appeals that they take no unilateral action ... until the IAEA had the necessary measures in place to ensure the continuity of safeguards" at North Korean nuclear facilities, ElBaradei said. The appeals certainly did a lot of good, didn't they? |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |