NKorea invites U.N. nuclear inspectors

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

NKorea invites U.N. nuclear inspectors

By BO-MI LIM, Associated Press Writer
11 minutes ago

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea on Saturday sent a letter
to the U.N. nuclear watchdog, inviting inspectors to the
country to discuss procedures for shutting down its main
nuclear reactor, state media reported.

The letter to the International Atomic Energy Agency noted
"that a working-level delegation of the IAEA has been invited
to visit (North Korea) as it is confirmed that the process of
de-freezing the funds of (North Korea) at the Banco Delta Asia
in Macau has reached its final phase," the North's Korean
Central News Agency reported.

The inspectors were invited for "discussions of the procedures
of the IAEA's verification and monitoring of" shutting down
its Yongbyon reactor, the report said.

North Korea had refused to act on its February pledge to disarm
until it got access to $25 million once frozen in a U.S.-blacklisted
Macau bank. The U.S. accused Banco Delta Asia of helping North
Korea's government pass fake $100 bills and launder money from
weapons sales.

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Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070616/ap_on_re_as/koreas_nuclear

[Mugsy]

1. ...in exchange for $20M in drug money.

I wrote about this on my blog with a repost here on DU yesterday, but received no reaction.

To get NK to agree, the Bush Administration agreed to unfreeze $20 Million held in a Macao, China bank (at our behest) that the Department of Justice says was the proceeds from NK trafficking in illegal "drug and weapons" sales.

Basically, to get NK to discontinue a program that was bankrupting their country, we handed over the money they made selling drugs to our kids and weapons to our enemies.

WAY TO GO, GUYS!

:evilfrown:

[ohio2007]

2. I hope they pay them in counterfeit bills

from their own printing presses