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AsahinaKimi

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Thu Mar 14, 2013, 12:21 AM Mar 2013

Material in North Korea's nuclear test unclear, worrying for U.S.

By Jill Dougherty and Pam Benson

More than a month after North Korea tested a nuclear device, the United States is unable to pinpoint whether the regime was able to use uranium to fuel the explosion, a capability that would represent a significantly enhanced nuclear program.

The lack of clarity comes as North Korea ratchets up its bellicose rhetoric each day.

New video broadcast on North Korean television showed the nation's leader, Kim Jong Un, addressing his troops along the border on Monday and issuing a blood-chilling threat, "Throw all enemies into the caldron, break their waists and crack their windpipes." It was the same location he and his late father visited in November 2010, just two days before the North shelled an island, killing four South Koreans.

The bellicose comments have been intensifying over the past months, increasing worry about Kim's unpredictability.

more with video included: http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2013/03/13/material-in-north-koreas-nuclear-test-unclear-worrying-for-u-s/

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Material in North Korea's nuclear test unclear, worrying for U.S. (Original Post) AsahinaKimi Mar 2013 OP
Hell, I'm kinda worried. And here I thought Iran would be the next war. TwilightGardener Mar 2013 #1
I wonder if AsahinaKimi Mar 2013 #2
LOL--I'm still trying to absorb the total weirdness of all that. TwilightGardener Mar 2013 #4
Kim Jong Un: Rodman why don't you "like" me on facebook? Javaman Mar 2013 #5
Looks like Larry Bond and Ed Ruggero need to update their books... n/t krispos42 Mar 2013 #3

TwilightGardener

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1. Hell, I'm kinda worried. And here I thought Iran would be the next war.
Thu Mar 14, 2013, 12:31 AM
Mar 2013

Didn't see this one coming until a few weeks ago.

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