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To: NickSE who wrote (94704)	4/18/2003 8:26:47 PM
From: NickSE	Respond to of 281500

North Korean scientists defect theaustralian.news.com.au A SWATH of North Korea's military and scientific elite, among them key nuclear specialists, has defected to the US and its allies through a highly secret smuggling operation involving the tiny Pacific island of Nauru. The defections have taken place since last October and have been made possible through the help of 11 countries that agreed to provide consular protection to smuggle the targets from neighbouring China, according to sources close to the operation, which has now been wound up. Some countries also agreed to act as transit points for up to 30 days once the defectors left China, the sources claim. Among those now believed to be in a safe house in the West is the father of North Korea's nuclear program, Kyong Won-ha, who left his homeland late last year with the help of Spanish officials. Debriefings of Mr Kyong are said to have given intelligence officials an unprecedented insight into North Korea's nuclear capabilities, particularly at the feared reactor number one in the southern city of Yongbyon. [cont'd...]

To: NickSE who wrote (94704)	4/18/2003 8:28:31 PM
From: Sig	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Re gold: You will see the cash cache story on TV tonite, as they load 40 big boxes of bills into the back of a truck Sig

To: NickSE who wrote (94704)	4/18/2003 8:34:13 PM
From: NickSE	Respond to of 281500

Basra is struggling to understand freedom telegraph.co.uk 'I live and die for Basra, how beautiful is Basra," go the lyrics of a folk song about the city once again being played from the music stands in its market places. Almost two weeks after its liberation by coalition forces, they are words that no longer seem so incongruous. But as the British soldiers are starting to appreciate, the real challenge is not restoring the port to its old glories but making the people emerge from their cowed past and take responsibility for themselves.....