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To: NickSE who wrote (105673)	7/15/2003 11:02:17 PM
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North Korea threatens Australia -- 15 July 2003 theage.com.au Australian could face a nuclear attack from North Korea if it got involved in an international force to stop ships carrying weapons of mass destruction, an unofficial spokesman for the North Korean government has warned. Australia has agreed to take part in maritime exercises which may lead to the establishment of an international operation to stop the weapons trade by counties such as North Korea. Kim Myong-Chol from the Centre for Korean-American Peace said if North Korean ships were stopped at sea, North Korea could turn its nuclear arsenal on Australia..... Australia `in race for its own N-bomb' -- 13 July 2003 theadvertiser.news.com.au AUSTRALIA is giving itself the option of becoming a nuclear power through a deal with the United States to obtain nuclear weapons and extensive investment in atomic know-how, experts claim. A leading strategic policy expert says Australia is forging an understanding with the US that would ensure quick access to "off the shelf" tactical nuclear weapons in the event of a crisis. A former senior Howard Government science adviser has told the Sunday Mail that the new $600 million reactor at Lucas Heights would ensure Australia had the skills and technology to start a nuclear weapons program..... North Korea could spark arms race: US ambassador -- 16 Jul 2003 abc.net.au .....Mr Scheiffer says the North Korea's nuclear ambitions must be stopped or they will destabilise the region. "The Japanese would be very concerned and would be under great pressure to go nuclear," he said. "If the Japanese went nuclear that would be of great concern to the Chinese. "If the North Koreans were nuclear, the South Koreans would have great concern about that and be under pressure themselves."

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