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NKorea says it conducted nuclear test
AP on Yahoo ^ | 5/24/09 | AP

Posted on 05/24/2009 8:26:13 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea says it has successfully conducted a nuclear test.

The country's official Korean Central News Agency reported that the test was carried out Monday.

Lee Dong-kwan, a spokesman for the South Korean president, says that a nuclear test may have been carried out in the North.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Japan; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: conducted; earthquake; nknukes; nkorea; northkorea; nuclear; test
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1 posted on 05/24/2009 8:26:13 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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A file satellite image shows P'unggye-yok Kilju county, the site of a suspected North Korea nuclear test in 2006. North Korea appears to have conducted a nuclear weapons test in the same area, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported. (AFP/KARI/HO/File)


2 posted on 05/24/2009 8:27:26 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
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North Korea's military personnel parade with a portrait of North Korea's
late leader Kim Il-sung in central Pyongyang April 25, 2007.
REUTERS/Korea News Service


3 posted on 05/24/2009 8:28:41 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Is this their first nuclear test?


4 posted on 05/24/2009 8:28:45 PM PDT by trumandogz (The Democrats are driving us to Socialism at 100 MPH -The GOP is driving us to Socialism at 97.5 MPH)
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To: NormsRevenge

Looks like Iran and Syria and N. Korea have
laughed in the face of the clowns in DC.


5 posted on 05/24/2009 8:29:11 PM PDT by Diogenesis (Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
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To: NormsRevenge

We should provide North Korea with a number of “tests” all along the DMZ, if the North does not behave.

China might be a bit nervous about this.


6 posted on 05/24/2009 8:29:35 PM PDT by Kansas58
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and to add to the mix..

South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun (L) shakes hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il after a farewell lunch in Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, in this October 4, 2007 file photo. Roh has died on May 23, 2009, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported. REUTERS/Korea Pool/Files


7 posted on 05/24/2009 8:29:59 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
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To: trumandogz

Officially? Good question.

have to see what the CalTech folk say.


8 posted on 05/24/2009 8:31:17 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
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To: NormsRevenge; Jet Jaguar; monkapotamus; AmericanInTokyo; TigerLikesRooster; All

Is me or does that hill look like something out of Godzilla movie


9 posted on 05/24/2009 8:32:42 PM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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To: SevenofNine
LOL..

Hmmmmm??

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) visits the 814 air force unit at an undisclosed place in North Korea, in this undated picture released by North Korea's official news agency KCNA May 22, 2009. KCNA did not state expressly the date when the picture was taken. North Korea is warning ships to stay away from waters off an east coast missile base, a Japan Coast Guard spokesman said on Friday, suggesting it could be preparing for a short-range missile test. REUTERS/KCNA

10 posted on 05/24/2009 8:34:24 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
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To: NormsRevenge
i think we'll tell them when they have a successful test...
11 posted on 05/24/2009 8:34:35 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - Obama is basically Jim Jones with a teleprompter)
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To: NormsRevenge

And Obama slept..........


12 posted on 05/24/2009 8:36:52 PM PDT by stevecmd
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To: Diogenesis

“Looks like Iran and Syria and N. Korea have
laughed in the face of the clowns in DC.”

Isn’t it amazing that foreign policy experts like John Kerry, Nan Pelosi, Joe Biden and “Hillary Re-set Rodham” have not managed to gain respect for the new change in America.

sarc


13 posted on 05/24/2009 8:39:26 PM PDT by silverleaf ("Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal ( Martin Luther King))
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To: NormsRevenge
South Korean/US Forces on Alert. More here
14 posted on 05/24/2009 8:43:53 PM PDT by jmoss1976
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To: NormsRevenge
USS Pueblo - Pyongyang -
USS Pueblo proudly on display for tourists in Pyongyang

yitbos

15 posted on 05/24/2009 8:47:56 PM PDT by bruinbirdman ("Those who control language control minds.")
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To: jmoss1976
Thanks!

Map locating the town of Kilju where North Korea appears to have
conducted a nuclear weapons test on Monday. (AFP/Graphic)

16 posted on 05/24/2009 8:48:07 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
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Not sure what they are looking at.. I like the gal's shoes.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) visits Yonsa county in North Hamgyong province, northeast of Pyongyang, in this undated recent picture released by North Korea's official KCNA news agency May 24, 2009. KCNA did not state expressly the date when the picture was taken. REUTERS/KCNA


17 posted on 05/24/2009 8:50:52 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
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To: trumandogz

They had one in 2006.


18 posted on 05/24/2009 8:58:21 PM PDT by spetznaz (Nuclear-tipped Ballistic Missiles: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol)
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To: stevecmd
"And Obama slept.........."

No, no. The Obammunist has Nancy Pelegra over in Red China talking to the ChiComs about this right now.

As Hillary sleeps. . . . .

yitbos

19 posted on 05/24/2009 8:59:21 PM PDT by bruinbirdman ("Those who control language control minds.")
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To: NormsRevenge

Related Link:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2257577/posts

I’ll link back to you Norm.


20 posted on 05/24/2009 9:02:20 PM PDT by Cindy
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