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Politics : Israel to U.S. : Now Deal with Syria and Iran -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ed Huang who wrote (2080)	10/2/2003 9:50:08 AM
From: rrufff	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22250

Wow - I knew you would never respond to my posts. Do you still feel it is correct to judge someone just because of national "origin?" usatoday.com North Korea says it's making atom bombs SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Thursday it is using plutonium extracted from 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods to make atomic weapons, a move that could dramatically escalate tensions on the Korean peninsula and strengthen its hand in negotiations with the United States. The claim came as some U.S. intelligence analysts are becoming increasingly concerned that North Korea might have three, four or even six nuclear weapons instead of the one or two the CIA now estimates. "The (North) successfully finished the reprocessing of some 8,000 spent fuel rods," a spokesman from Pyongyang's Foreign Ministry said in a statement carried by the North's official news agency KCNA. The spokesman was not named. Accusing the United States of taking a "hostile policy" toward the North, the statement said North Korea "made a switchover in the use of plutonium churned out by reprocessing spent fuel rods in the direction (of) increasing its nuclear deterrent force." When reprocessed with chemicals, the 8,000 rods can yield enough plutonium for North Korea to make five or six more nuclear weapons, according to experts. North Korea has claimed before that it has completed reprocessing its pool of 8,000 spent rods, but Thursday's statement clarified for the first time that it was using plutonium yielded from the rods to make nuclear weapons. U.S. and South Korean officials have been skeptical about the claims that the rods have been reprocessed. The bombs also could mean that the Stalinist regime might part with one bomb, either in a test or by selling it, although a senior official and the main communist newspaper Rodong Sinmun said North Korea has pledged not to export its nuclear capability. Vice Foreign Minister Choe Su Hon said the North is expanding its "nuclear deterrence" but wouldn't say how many weapons it has, China's official Xinhua News Agency reported Thursday. "We (have) no intention of transferring any means of that nuclear deterrence to other countries," Choe was quoted as telling reporters in New York, where he was attending the U.N. General Assembly. North Korea also said Thursday that when necessary, it will reprocess more spent fuel rods to be produced from the small reactor in its main nuclear complex in Yongbyon, 50 miles north of Pyongyang. North Korea says it has restarted its frozen 5-megawatt reactor at Yongbyon after kicking out U.N. nuclear inspectors and quitting the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty in January. Experts say it would take a year of operation before the reactor can produce enough to make a new weapon. North Korea tends to escalate its harsh rhetoric in attempts analysts say are aimed at extracting concessions in crucial negotiations. Last month, several U.S. government officials told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity that intelligence analysts are debating the extent of North Korea's nuclear capability. Among the issues is whether the North Koreans have refined their nuclear weapon designs so they are able to use less plutonium to make a working weapon. Some analysts presume the North Koreans have made steady advances and thus are able to use their existing stockpile of weapons-grade plutonium more efficiently, the officials said. However, the CIA as an agency has not reached that conclusion. It is sticking with its unclassified estimate of one or two weapons, the officials said. Other U.S. estimates put the number at three or four; still others are floating five or six weapons as a possibility. The United States and its allies are trying to persuade North Korea to give up its nuclear programs. North Korea says it will do so only if the United States signs a nonaggression treaty, provides economic aid and opens diplomatic ties. The nuclear dispute flared last October when U.S. officials said North Korea admitted running a secret nuclear weapons program in violation of international agreements. The United States and its allies suspended oil shipments to the North. North Korea in turn expelled U.N. nuclear inspectors, withdrew from the global nuclear arms-control treaty and said it was reactivating its main nuclear complex, frozen since 1994. The United States, the two Koreas, China, Japan and Russia met in Beijing in August to try to defuse the crisis. The meeting ended without agreement on when to hold the next round, as Washington and Pyongyang differed widely over how to resolve the dispute. North Korea has since said it was no longer interested in further talks. South Korea Vice Unification Minister Cho Kun-shik suggested North Korea's move was a "tactic to boost its negotiating power" when the talks resume.

To: Ed Huang who wrote (2080)	10/2/2003 10:06:05 AM
From: rrufff	Respond to of 22250

Looks like those you defend really have been hiding the Iraqi WMD. Still claim Israel made US get rid of Saddam? LMAO hindustantimes.com

To: Ed Huang who wrote (2080)	10/4/2003 9:30:40 AM
From: Crimson Ghost	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22250

DEATH THREAT RESULTS FROM UC BERKELEY DEBATE ON ISRAEL-PALESTINE by Samia Lebrahab Friday October 03, 2003 at 11:48 PM Militants Make Death Threats to Berkeley Based Non-Profit After Israel-Palestine Debate on UC Campus FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: OCT. 3 CONTACT: Scott Campbell or Alison Weir 510-655-6384; 415-847-1782 (cell) contact@ifamericansknew.org LOCAL GROUP WORKING FOR MIDEAST PEACE RECEIVES DEATH THREAT After debating last night on „How to can peace be achieved between Israelis and Palestinians,‰ a local woman and her organization received a voice mail message saying: „Don‚t be in your office Monday at 2 pm. Me and my buddies, trained by the Israeli army, are going to come in and kill you.‰ The caller went on to say, „This is no joke. We‚re going to kill every one of you. Close down your organization.‰ The recipient of the threat is Alison Weir, who speaks widely on the Israeli-Palestinian issue. She is executive director of If Americans Knew, a nonprofit organization known for providing information on the Middle East. In last night‚s debate she predicted that Israelis and Palestinians searching for a just peace will succeed when US tax money no longer goes to fuel Israeli militarists such as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Sharon was found guilty by the Israeli Knesset in 1982 for his role in the Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon. Weir said that she takes the caller seriously. „I am named an Œenemy‚ on a website of the Jewish Defense League, a group known for violent acts – most recently, police are investigating charges that its members planned to firebomb Congressman Darrell Issa‚s office in southern California.‰ Weir says that there has long been a concerted effort to intimidate people speaking out on this issue, but says, „We will not be silenced. I hope others will join us.‰ Weir says that she plans to be in her office all day Monday, working to inform the public on this urgent issue. Berkeley police and the FBI are investigating the death threat. FULL TRANSCRIPT OF THE DEATH THREAT: „Hi. I heard your speech today in UC-Berkeley; the debate. And I‚m telling you this right now. On Monday, at 2 PM, you better not be in your office. Because me and my buddies, who were trained in the Israeli Army and we support DAFKA. We will come and kill every single one of you son-of-bitches for what you are doing to destroy Israel. So watch out. This is not a joke. On Monday you better watch out. Don‚t come to work. And close your organization or you‚re going to die."