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| Southeast Asia |
| Burma denies N Korea ties |
| 2004-02-14 |
| Burma has rejected a suggestion by a senior US congressional adviser that it might be seeking nuclear technology from North Korea. Keith Luse warned that the US should pay special attention to what he called a growing relationship between the two. Let’s see, Burma and North Korea are both dirt poor dictatorships run by incompetent Generals for decades, and both are allies of few countries other than China. Also, Pakistan sent several nuclear scientists to Burma after the reports of meetings between them and Osama Bin Ladin were reported in the media. Not that I expect Burma to actually have a nuclear program, but it can’t be automatically ruled out either. He was part of a US delegation that visited North Korea’s Yongbyon nuclear plant in January. In a statement, the Burmese government said it did not require nor want to develop weapons of mass destruction. Mr Luse, who works for Senator Richard Lugar, the chairman of the US Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee, did not give any details about alleged contact between Burma and North Korea. During a speech in Washington he said that the relationship needed to be monitored and he asked the open question: "Is North Korea providing nuclear technology to the Burma military?" Russia agreed to help Burma build a nuclear reactor for research purposes in 2002, though it is not clear how far the project has advanced. |
| Posted by:Paul Moloney |
| #6 Is Myanmar on vacation? The guy at the BBC who knows how to spell it had the week-end off. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2004-2-14 11:28:56 PM |
| #5 So it's Burma today? Is Myanmar on vacation? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-2-14 10:08:07 PM |
| #4 Let’s see, Burma and North Korea are both dirt poor dictatorships run by incompetent Generals for decades, and both are allies of few countries other than China. Supporting and eventually co-opting weak neighbors is a good idea if one is trying to rebuild an empire... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2004-2-14 3:50:28 PM |
| #3 When enough of these asshats get their hands on the bomb one of them is just going to have to use it. The question is where. New York, DC, Tel Aviv, Jeruselem? I fear that when they do they will light the spark of a nuclear war. Israel even in the hour of her destruction will gut most of the Arab world. The Indians will I think decide the cost will be worth it to rid the world of Pakland. |
| Posted by: Cheddarhead 2004-2-14 6:14:19 AM |
| #2 I posted this article about Burma personnel getting nuclear instruction from the norks on 12/16/03 here. The sooner the Norks and Iran go down, the safer we will all be. The Norks, Paks, and Iranians have been busy little bees, trying to get the nuclear genie out of the bottle and into bombs. Candidate Kerry, got any ideas how do deal with it, or are you too busy bashing Bush? Politics before peril is the MO of the Dims. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-2-14 5:15:46 AM |
| #1 Jeesh, another country on the nuclear targeting list |
| Posted by: djohn66 2004-2-14 3:20:55 AM |