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To: KLP who wrote (9035)1/14/2006 8:08:40 PM
From: Alastair McIntosh  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 541427
 
I don't think that it was IAEA flaws that led to North Korean nukes. As the article later states the flaws were in the Agreed Framework that was negotiated between the USA and the DPRK.

atomicarchive.com

It seems to be a bit of a stretch to blame the IAEA for a flawed agreement negotiated by the USA.

In any case it probably makes no difference who screwed up. The DPRK would likely have violated the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in any case. Of course, after a bit of sabre rattling by Bush, the DPRK quit the NPT as well.