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To: Ahda who wrote (24023)	12/9/1998 5:58:00 AM
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North Korea talks of war with United States over suspected nuclear complex Copyright © 1998 Nando Media Copyright © 1998 AFP SEOUL (December 8, 1998 10:09 p.m. EST nandotimes.com) - Communist North Korea has stated it would not avoid a war with the United States over a dispute about a suspected nuclear complex. The North Koreans added U.S. forces will be faced with "annihilation'' if they attempt to strike at the facility. Pyongyang's official mouthpiece, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), carried the warnings in a string of dispatches late Tuesday in which it raged against reported U.S. moves to spark a fresh war with North Korea. "We neither want nor avoid a war,'' KCNA said in a dispatch monitored here. "If a war is imposed, we will never miss the opportunity. The aggressors will never escape the fate of forlorn wandering spirits. "This is (North Korea's) warning to the United States and its followers who worked out the 'Operation plan 5027' for the second Korean war of aggression long ago and are putting spurs on its implementation,'' it said. The "Operation plan 5027'' spelled out U.S. military contingency plans in case of war on the Korean peninsula, where it has 37,000 troops stationed against a possible North Korean attack. The latest verbal lashing came as Washington and Pyongyang hold talks in Washington on gaining access to an underground installation in North Korea where Washington fears Pyongyang may be reviving its frozen nuclear program. Pyongyang has refused access to the site, branding the United States "arrogant'' in its demands and for threatening that the failure to allow inspections might force it to pull out of a key 1994 nuclear accord. The agency listed a series of military-related incidents over the past 50 years in which it claims to have beaten U.S. forces or soldiers, boasting that "the Korean people do what they mean.'' The agency hailed its "victory'' in the 1950-53 Korean War as well as the ax-murder of two U.S. servicemen by North Korean troops in the demilitarized zone in 1976 as one such example of North Korea "doing what it means.'' Pyongyang had "apologized'' for the ax-murders which almost caused a conflict with Washington. In another dispatch, KCNA said the United States was a waning military power and that Pyongyang would "never allow the United States to become the 'only superpower."' It attacked President Clinton for reportedly discussing a "military step'' that would consist of a local strike on the suspect underground complex. The discussion reportedly occurred during talks with Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi. The reported plans were "a very grave military challenge'' to North Korea, KCNA warned, adding that if Washington attacked North Korea would "shower a fire of revenge on them to remove a source of aggression and war from the earth." The agency also warned that the "tiger'' of North Korea was "roaring with anger'' and that the "soldiers of the Korean People's Army are firmly determined to annihilate the U.S. imperialists'' and their allies. "The U.S. imperialists, wolves, should be aware that anyone cannot escape ruin and death before an angry tiger,'' the agency quoted an army general officer O Kum-Chol as saying. "Our people's army which has grown into a strong army under the guidance of the illustrious commander Marshal Kim Jong-Il will let loose its pent-up anger and shower thunderbolts of revenge upon the enemies like an angry tiger,'' it added.