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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-04 07:07 AM
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U.S. says poses no threat to N.Korea
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK230617.htm

BEIJING, Oct 19 (Reuters) - The United States does not pose a threat to North Korea and has no intention of invading, a U.S. official said on Tuesday, urging Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear ambitions in exchange for possible security assurances.

"We have no intention of posing a threat to North Korea. We are not intending to invade North Korea and we are prepared to provide the kind of security assurances that might be welcomed by North Korea," Alan Larson, undersecretary of state for economic affairs, told Peking University students.

more...And Iraq has stockpiles of WMDs.

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Bronco69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-04 07:19 AM
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1. Gee, weren't they specifically mentioned as the third country
in the "axis of evil?" If bush* called me out I'd be getting nervous too.
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trapper914 Donating Member (796 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-04 07:28 AM
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2. Ummmm....
...while this doesn't come from the pResident, wasn't this all that NK was asking for two years ago?
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Kagemusha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-04 03:34 PM
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3. Of course the US has no intention of invading.
That's what the US' nukes are for...
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