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07 February North Korea Special Weapons News

  • BUSH / NORTH KOREA VOA 07 Feb 2003 -- President Bush says "all options are on the table" to resolve the crisis over North Korea's nuclear weapons program. North Korea is warning the United States not to boost its troop strength in the region in response to Pyongyang's restarting a nuclear reactor.
  • Wolfowitz Calls Bomber Alert a "Deterrent" Against North Korea Washington File 07 Feb 2003 -- The Bush administration decision to put U.S. bombers on alert in the Pacific is simply a matter of reinforcing U.S. deterrence against any possible North Korean military action, says Paul Wolfowitz, deputy secretary of defense.
  • Bush Discusses North Korea, Iraq With Chinese President Washington File 07 Feb 2003 -- President Bush spoke for 20 minutes by phone February 7 with President Jiang Zemin of China, discussing both the situations in North Korea and in Iraq, White House Press Secretary Fleischer said.
  • EDITORIAL: BROADCASTS TO KOREA INCREASED VOA 07 Feb 2003 -- In North Korea, as President George W. Bush said in his January 28th State of the Union address, "an oppressive regime rules a people living in fear and starvation." In addition to denying the North Korean people their basic rights, North Korea's Communist rulers have been working to develop nuclear weapons that could threaten neighboring countries and the peace of the world.
  • U.S. war moves denounced KCNA 07 Feb 2003 -- The south headquarters of the National Alliance for the Country's Reunification reportedly issued a statement on February 3 denouncing the U.S. intensified war moves. The statement said that Bush in his "state of union address" did not bother to make extremely hostile remarks against the DPRK and the U.S. command in South Korea and the U.S. Pacific command asked the department of defense to bolster the forces on the Korean Peninsula.
  • Bush's reckless remarks against DPRK refuted KCNA 07 Feb 2003 -- spokesman for the National Democratic Front of South Korea (NDFSK) issued a statement on Jan. 31 denouncing U.S. President Bush for malignantly slandering the DPRK in his "state of union address," according to Seoul-based radio Voice of National Salvation.
  • KCNA ridicules U.S. behaviour unbecoming for "superpower" KCNA 07 Feb 2003 -- The U.S. is busy with shuttle diplomacy to bring up the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula to the UN Security Council and solicit "support" for it, ignoring its origin, circumstances of its outbreak and a realistic solution to it. Involved in it are not a few U.S. high-ranking officials including the U.S. State Secretary. They are expending a lot of energy, time and money on a variety of methods such as persuasion, appeasement, deception and threat.
  • U.S. moves for new war against DPRK accused KCNA 07 Feb 2003 -- It is public opinion that though the United States is still keeping a position of exploring a solution to the nuclear issue of the DPRK through a diplomatic channel, it may "send a special operation group" to destroy the nuclear facilities of the DPRK in case it dose not drop its "nuclear program" and dialogue fails.
  • Kimjongilia Show held KCNA 07 Feb 2003 -- A Kimjongilia Show was sponsored by the Ministry of the People's Armed Forces on Feb. 5 on the occasion of the February Holiday. Put on display were over 1,000 potted Kimjongilias cultivated with care by servicemen of the Korean People's Army in profound reverence for Supreme Commander Kim Jong Il.
  • No U.S. sanctions and blockade will work on DPRK KCNA 07 Feb 2003 -- Rodong Sinmun today in a signed article accuses the U.S. of trying to enforce "economic sanctions" and "blockade" against the DPRK over its government's crucial decision to withdraw from the nuclear non-proliferation treaty. U.S. senator John Mccain and others of the U.S. ruling quarters asserted the need to impose sanctions against the DPRK over its withdrawal from the NPT and it is now placed for debate at congress.
  • All Koreans called upon to protect their sovereignty and security KCNA 07 Feb 2003 -- It is a fixed policy and a consistent stand of the DPRK Government to protect the sovereignty and security of the country and the nation from foreign aggression and interference, says Rodong Sinmun today in a signed article.
  • U.S. air force in S. Korea in "semi-war state" KCNA 07 Feb 2003 -- The command of the U.S. 7th air force in South Korea was put in a "semi-war state" what it called "defense readiness condition 3" on Feb. 3, according to the South Korean newspaper Segye Ilbo on Feb. 5. In this connection, the U.S. Forces side in South Korea described this measure as a stronger one, hinting that the U.S. troops may directly use force in case North Korea goes ahead with the nuclear development.




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