[In many of these articles they press avoids even using the term 'tubes,' preferring instead to use 'parts,' 'rods,' 'materials,' etc. - perhaps because if they use the phrase 'aluminum tubes' in reference to Libyan or N Korean nuke programs it might bring to mind the "tubes are for rockets only" spin associated with Iraq and make people think Powell's UN speech might have been right after all.:
North Korean diplomat implicated in nuclear plot: German press
Agence France-Presse | September 21, 2003
HAMBURG, Germany (AFP) - A former North Korean diplomat is accused of ordering material from a German firm that could be used in the production of nuclear weapons, Germany's Der Spiegel reported in its Monday edition. The news magazine said a German businessman would go on trial in Stuttgart, southwest Germany, next month in connection with the case.
The diplomat was named by Spiegel as Yun Ho Jin. It said he used to work as a Pyongyang representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna. According to Der Spiegel, Yun Ho Jin ordered special aluminium tubes from the businessman which, experts say, are used to build gas ultracentrifuges in which uranium is enriched.
The equipment was impounded in April after being loaded on board a ship.
The unidentified businessman, who got to know the diplomat in the late 1980s, is accused of breaching trade export laws and "attempts to encourage production of a nuclear weapon."
Experts from the IAEA, the German foreign ministry and the German foreign intelligence service are expected to testify, the magazine added.
All of our Freep efforts are really nice, as with CW's work in deconstructing the writing of this Slimesey article.
However, when the RNC and our Pres cannot articulate any of these points -- as show so glaringly in this week's debate. Our Pres and his administration act like deer in headlights instead of warriors of the TRUTH with of all of this stuff in Iraq-- and it makes me wonder why we bother to Freep?
I've said it in another post somewhere but how come the administratin relies on US for its talking points?
How come they can't hire normal speechwriters to really swoop down for the kill on these Iraq points in debate? Geez louise. Hope Cheney makes mincemeat of pretty boy.