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To: Poet who wrote (5752)	3/9/2003 9:48:58 AM
From: Augustus Gloop	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7689

Terror? But there are no terrorists in Iraq <g>

To: Poet who wrote (5752)	3/9/2003 4:06:35 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Respond to of 7689

U.S. demands N. Korea dismantle nuke plant TOKYO - The United States demanded North Korea dismantle its nuclear plant in Yongbyon as a condition for resuming official dialogue when the two sides held unofficial talks in February, a Japanese newspaper reported on Sunday. The Asahi Shimbun said the latest condition raised the hurdles Pyongyang must clear for talks with Washington as it adds to earlier U.S. demands for North Korea to abandon its uranium enrichment program and to put a freeze on nuclear facilities. Quoting a source familiar with the February meeting held in Berlin, the paper said the U.S. would only agree to hold talks between senior officials if North Korea decided to dismantle the Yongbyon nuclear plant, at the heart of the current nuclear crisis. The North Korean side rejected the U.S. demand, the source was quoted as saying. The Asahi said Washington made the latest demand in response to repeated North Korean threats to reactivate the facilities in Yongbyon, which had been frozen and put under international monitoring since 1994. After the Korean nuclear crisis began last October with Washington's announcement that Pyongyang had admitted pursuing a covert program to enrich uranium for weapons, North Korea has disabled surveillance cameras and expelled international inspectors from Yongbyon. Last month, U.S. officials said North Korea had restarted a nuclear reactor in Yongbyon, citing satellite photographs. The Asahi first reported the Berlin meeting on Thursday, but the U.S. has said the exchange did not involve U.S. officials. It said the Americans involved were private citizens and were not representing the U.S. government. abs-cbnnews.com