tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12265028.post1025692281934277549..comments2024-03-28T06:16:03.231-07:00Comments on China Matters: A Gathering Cloud—of Nuclear Allegations on North Korea and SyriaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12265028.post-79610863134139435912007-09-26T03:32:00.000-07:002007-09-26T03:32:00.000-07:00Just a few thoughts:1 Bolton (who was on Newsnight...Just a few thoughts:<BR/><BR/>1 Bolton (who was on Newsnight last week) admitted he didn't know what the "incursion" was about.<BR/> <BR/>2 DPRK have reacted in a very focussed manner, blaming those who would try to disrupt improving relations, rather than the US government. <BR/><BR/>This shows that they are serious about improving (which we know), and that they recognise that there are those who are trying to blow things off course<BR/> <BR/>““This is sheer misinformation,” the North’s official KCNA news agency quoted an unnamed Foreign Ministry spokesman as saying, referring to the reports. <BR/><BR/>The North made a pledge in October 2006 not to engage in nuclear proliferation and it still stood, the spokesman said adding “The above-said story is nothing but a clumsy plot hatched by the dishonest forces who do not like to see any progress at the six-party talks and in the DPRK-US relations.” <BR/>s is sheer misinformation,” the North’s official KCNA news agency quoted an unnamed Foreign Ministry spokesman as saying, referring to the reports. <BR/><BR/>The North made a pledge in October 2006 not to engage in nuclear proliferation and it still stood, the spokesman said adding “The above-said story is nothing but a clumsy plot hatched by the dishonest forces who do not like to see any progress at the six-party talks and in the DPRK-US relations.” <BR/><BR/>http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007%5C09%5C19%5Cstory_19-9-2007_pg4_2<BR/> <BR/>3 The US high command knows exactly what really happened. They are still going forward with talks, and have said nothing publicly about it. <BR/> <BR/>4 Why would Syria build a nuke complex so near to the Turkish border???? That's just stupid!<BR/> <BR/>5 The United States intends to ship 50,000 tons of heavy fuel oil to North Korea before the end of this month if the next round of six-party talks on North Korea's denuclearization is held, a U.S. source close to the talks told The Yomiuri Shimbun on Monday. <BR/> <BR/>http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/world/20070919TDY01002.htm<BR/> <BR/> <BR/>6 North Korea was dropped from the U.S. list of countries producing illicit drugs, a sign of further relief of tensions between the two countries. <BR/><BR/>``North Korea is not affecting the United States as much as the requirements on the list,'' Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Christy McCampbell said on Sept. 17 in Washington, according to a transcript of her speech on the State Department Web site. <BR/> <BR/>http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=aoz3eFSXpk8M&refer=japan<BR/> <BR/>Remember the alleged "raid" was on the 6th...time enough for US high command to garner the "facts" behind it....even if they didn't order it. They would not move forward with these talks if there was genuine nuclear proliferation.<BR/> <BR/>7 "None of the information he had reviewed as part of his job indicated any nuclear material was involved".<BR/> <BR/>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/09/18/nkorea.shipments/<BR/><BR/>This "story" is running on rumour and guesswork, brought to you by the same people who calimed evidence of counterfeiting etc etc.<BR/><BR/>Brough to the world at a critical juncture in the talks.<BR/><BR/>Does that not tell us something as to the veracity of these allegations??Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05580006780650077583noreply@blogger.com