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| NKors step up war of words |
| 2003-02-01 |
| The official media in North Korea has stepped up its anti-United States propaganda, calling on people to engage in what is described as a "sacred battle" against the US. Another paranoid rant from the NKors, who've got win, place and show in paranoid ranting. Tens of thousands of Outdoor rallies! You know what this is in the land of paranoid raving? Group therapy, that's what. Wonder if they were allowed to look around for some millet seeds to eat? Earlier Washington officials expressed concern that North Korea was engaged in a nuclear programme saying satellite images showed the apparent loading of covered trucks at the North Korean nuclear complex at Yongbyon. Yongbyon has a reactor and a store of spent fuel rods, which could be reprocessed to extract weapons-grade plutonium. The NKors have to understand that now that we're focused on them, we're going to know pretty much everything they do with their "nuclear programme" right as they do it. The American officials said there was no sign that such reprocessing had begun but White House spokesman, Ari Fleischer, warned North Korea against what he called a "provocative action". Guess Ari has to do it, but this is going to provoke another In the North Korean capital Pyongyang tens of thousands braved freezing weather conditions to take part in a mass protest, state media reported. While they were looking for millet seeds. There and in other cities across the country people were also able to view exhibitions of anti-US pictures and take part in educational seminars, the reports said. While they were looking for millet seeds. "The works encourage the people's army and The works warn the peasants just what will happen to them if they falter. As if the peasants don't already know. "Most of them call for a sacred struggle to smash the US imperialists' moves to isolate and stifle the DRPK and defend the dignity of the DPRK and the nation's right to existence," it added. Tension between the two states escalated late last year after the US accused North Korea of abandoning a 1994 pact to further its nuclear ambitions. We didn't just accuse them, Mr. BBC, they came out and admitted it. North Korea's nuclear programme has come under intense international scrutiny since it expelled UN weapons inspectors in December. That generally happens when you throw out inspectors. Ask Saddam. On Friday the White House warned North Korea against moving to manufacture weapons-grade plutonium by reprocessing nuclear fuel rods. Such a step would be a "provocative action... intended to intimidate and blackmail the international community", said spokesman Mr Fleischer. One warm bucket of spittle coming back at us tomorrow. The warning came after reports that US spy satellites had detected lorries taking on cargo at the Yongbyon nuclear power plant. The plant, about 80 kilometres (50 miles) north of Pyongyang, houses stockpiles of nuclear fuel rods. Experts say that if North Korea really has begun moving the 8,000 fuel rods stored at Yongbyon, it could either be attempting to hide them or moving them to a reprocessing plant to produce bomb-grade plutonium. They say about six such weapons at 20 kT yield each. That's enough to worry me. Other commentators have suggested that North Korea is well aware the plant is under surveillance and it is trying to improve its bargaining position with the leverage afforded by the nuclear threat. Our bargaining position is the same as before, Dear Leader: we can wait. You can't. North Korea pulled out of the global Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty on 10 January. I just can't imagine why Barbara, Alec and Noam haven't commented on this yet. Why, the NKors are (gasp) defying the UN! Anyone check Babs' web site today? It's got to be there somewhere. It insists it is the target of US "aggression" and that by halting oil shipments last year, the US has forced it to restart nuclear power stations. The nuclear plant they're restarting turns out about as much electricity as a modern, large diesel locomotive engine. Somehow I don't think that's what the NKors have in mind. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #2 Corsair, the Rational Pirate (in Fred's blogroll above) has a great display of NKor propaganda posters with their fractured syntax gruntings...."Americans! Don't Indiscriminately Go Wild!"; "Merciless Chastisement to Punishment!" go take a look and enjoy, just wipe the spittle off before you leave |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-02-01 11:02:17 |
| #1 Ok, got the name in there but missed the location. Fred, can you move this to 'Axis of Evil'? Sorry. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2003-02-01 02:09:29 |