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To: Win Smith who wrote (55231)	10/28/2002 4:56:47 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Respond to of 281500

N.Korea: Arms Needed to Fight U.S. Sun Oct 27, 9:36 AM ET SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A day after U.S., Japanese and South Korean leaders demanded that North Korea (news - web sites) abandon its nuclear weapons program, the communist state said Sunday it needs military arms to fight against "U.S. imperialists." AP Photo It was unclear whether the statement in North Korea's official Rodong Sinmun newspaper was a response to the three leaders, who met during the Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Mexico. A second North Korean paper said Sunday that the Pyongyang government was willing to talk with the United States to allay fears about the nuclear program, under certain conditions. President Bush (news - web sites), Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and South Korean President Kim Dae-jung (news - web sites), demanded on Saturday that North Korea abandon its nuclear weapons program "in a prompt and verifiable manner." On Sunday, the Rondong Sinmun said, "U.S. imperialism looks down upon those countries weak in military power, forces them to accept its brigandish demands and makes them a target of its military intervention and aggression." "As a stick is the best to beat a wolf, so are arms to fight with the imperialists," said the paper. "It is essential to readily cope with the moves of the reactionaries all the time." It also said that victory does not depend on weapons, but on "political and ideological readiness." Meanwhile, the Minju Josun newspaper reiterated the North's willingness for dialogue about its nuclear weapons program if Washington promises not to invade and takes other conciliatory steps. "If the U.S. gives legal assurances of nonaggression, including the no use of nukes against the DPRK through the nonaggression treaty, the DPRK will be ready to clear the U.S. of its security concerns," Minju Josun newspaper said. DPRK is an acronym for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the official name of North Korea. The two reports were carried by North Korea's state-run Korean Central News Agency. The North's appeal for a "nonaggression treaty" with the United States came as U.S. officials tried to muster international pressure on the communist state to drop its nuclear program. Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites) said Washington has no plans to open negotiations with North Korea. story.news.yahoo.com