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To: Brumar89 who wrote (91354)	4/9/2003 12:05:39 AM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 281500

FRONTLINE pbs.org - This Week: "Kim's Nuclear Gamble," Thursday, Apr. 10 at 9pm on PBS (check local listings) - Inside Frontline: Producer's notes from Martin Smith - Live Discussion: Chat with the producer on Fri. at 10 a.m. ET + This Week ... As the battle for Baghdad rages, and the fate of Saddam Hussein remains unknown, U.S. forces are scouring large parts of Iraq for weapons of mass destruction. Meanwhile, on the Korean penninsula, the U.S. faces another dictator, North Korea's Kim Jong Il, and another -- potentially more serious -- crisis involving weapons of mass destruction. This Thursday, Apr. 10 at 9pm on PBS (check local listings), in "Kim's Nuclear Gamble," FRONTLINE producer Martin Smith traces the events and policy debates that have brought the U.S. to the brink of a nuclear showdown in East Asia. Through interviews with key players of the past decade -- including former Defense Secretary William Perry, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, former President Jimmy Carter, the current and former U.S. ambassadors to South Korea, the former chief of South Korean intelligence, and others -- Smith examines the highly unstable relationship between the U.S. and North Korea and the unresolved question of what to do about Kim Jong Il's nuclear ambitions. The report also takes into account America's fundamental lack of knowledge about North Korea, one of the world's most isolated and insular countries, and how this has complicated diplomatic efforts and negotiations. A closed, Stalinist, totalitarian state, North Korea has been on the verge of economic collapse for much of the past decade. Foreign aid workers estimate that as many as 2 million North Koreans may have died of starvation between 1994 and 1998. Observers believe that such dire circumstances contribute to North Korea's desire to arm itself. Now the Bush administration has drawn the line, refusing to enter into one-on-one talks with the North Korean regime. With the North seemingly moving ahead with nuclear-weapons production, some say time is running out for the U.S. to find a solution. "We have months, not years, to resolve this problem before it reaches a point of no return," says former Defense Secretary Perry. We hope you'll join us on Thursday night, and on our Web site following the broadcast, where you'll find extended coverage -- including our interviews with Perry, Albright, Carter, and others -- and a chance to join the discussion, at pbs.org

To: Brumar89 who wrote (91354)	4/9/2003 12:38:42 AM
From: Sarmad Y. Hermiz	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

>> What actions to enforce it would you have considered acceptable? It would still have come to "regime change" in the end. I never could figure out why the Kurdish success in their autonomy could not be extended to more areas in the North of Iraq. And why the campaign to "Arabize" Kirkuk was not seen as a violation of UN resolutions. There was already a resolution authorizing assuring the safety of humanitarian effort in the North of Iraq. Its borders could have been enlarged to include Mosul and Kirkuk. And the local population could easily hold it, with US air support. Just like the Kurds of Irbil and Sulaimania held their areas. Basically the northern third of the country would already be having democracy and OK human rights protection. I think that would have been accomplished with very little bloodshed. The mere fact of patrolling the skies of the northern area allowed the Kurds to keep the Baghdad government out. As you may have noticed, the North third of Iraq is very quiet in this war. And they are not rushing to the defense of the Baath regime in Baghdad. This de facto liberated area could have been achieved at any time in the past ten years, including the 1st two years of the current admin. But the US was wrongly focussed on wmd. Which makes everyone question its motives, because as has been demonstrated, after all this loss of life, the threat was way over-exagerated.