And me sooo lonery.
Posted on 04/01/2008 12:03:34 AM PDT by maquiladora
The U.S. in recent bilateral talks reportedly gave Pyongyang a list of North Korean officials involved in the supply of nuclear technology to Syria, a suspicion the North denies.
A high-level diplomatic source on Monday said that the U.S. obtained the list of officials including nuclear engineers, who were involved in the supply of nuclear technology to Syria, through various intelligence networks. This persuaded the U.S. that the North Korea-Syrian nuclear connection did exist.
According to the source, it was chief U.S. nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill who gave the list to his North Korean counterpart Kim Kye-gwan during their latest nuclear talks. Kim denied knowing anything about it.
Japan’s Asahi Shimbun on Sunday reported Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, during a visit to Japan last month, told Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda that attacks by Israeli warplanes inside Syria in September last year targeted a suspected nuclear facility where North Korean agents were reportedly operating.
The daily quoted Olmert as telling Fukuda that Israeli air strikes in Syria last September attacked a facility being built with a blueprint and technicians provided by North Korea. North Korea denies any past or present involvement in nuclear development abroad.
BTTT
Destruction of Syrian nuke compound was not only a message to Syria and Iran, but a clear message to everyone else in the world that North Korea is being watched and therefore, for all practical purposes, is out of nuke export business - nobody would be stupid enough to pay money to “Li’l” Kim Johg Il only to become next in line on the target list.
The raid was “heard around the world” loud and clear, which is exactly why the news was received so very uncharacteristically quietly and without acknowledgment from any of the “usual suspects”, and was devoted so little media coverage. Very similar to the story of Libya dismantling their [Iraqi-assisted] nuke program, it disappeared very quickly from front pages and other media.
Has this been printed in the USA’s vaulted media, anywhere, anytime...???
“Fukuda”
I mispronounce this name every chance I get!
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