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Posted on 11/22/2008 8:47:40 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
The Flight That Wasn’t
Mark Hosenball and Christian Caryl
NEWSWEEK
From the magazine issue dated Dec 1, 2008
Only weeks before dropping North Korea from an official U.S. blacklist of countries that support terrorism, the Bush administration apparently thwarted the transfer of missile parts (possibly including gyroscopes for guidance systems) from Pyongyang to Iran, U.S. officials tell NEWSWEEK. On Aug. 4, an Ilyushin aircraft operated by North Korea's state airline was granted routine permission by India to fly from Burma to Tehran via Indian airspace. Three days later, the office of India's prime minister "hurriedly" asked authorities to withdraw clearance, according to the Indian Express newspaper. Two U.S. officials, who asked for anonymity when discussing sensitive information, confirm the Bush administration asked India to block the flight.
The State Department formally dropped North Korea from its terror watch list in October, when Pyongyang agreed to disable nuclear-related facilities. But that process has moved slowly amid continuing reports of disarray in North Korea's secretive leadership. Officials in Japan and South Korea have publicly claimed that back in August the country's 66-year-old leader, Kim Jong Il, suffered a stroke. U.S. officials believe the most recent photos showing Kim at a soccer match indicate he is not near death.
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Ping!
Incredible.
“recent photos showing Kim at a soccer match indicate he is not near death”
That statement is so stupid the author DESERVES to work (for now) at Newsweek magazine.
That’s so stupid I..just don’t know what to say.
“There is not so blind as he who WILL not see..”
They keep misspelling “Newsweak”
I wonder how often that route is made (Pyongyang/Tehran)? Probably not too often. Didn’t take much to raise suspicion.
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We will probably never know the full extent of what was prevented by the invisible heroes in this administration.
The policies that were in place at the end of the Clinton era had given us the bombings of Americans in Saudi Arabia in 1996, two embassies in Africa in 1998, and a Navy destroyer in Yemen in 2000. Bush’s great mistake was leaving those policies in place after their dismal performance record. The result was 9/11.
The measure of any successful national security strategy is zero attacks on American civilians, particularly on American soil.
Zero.
Since the anthrax attacks shortly after 9/11, the Bush Administration has maintained a record of zero attacks on American soil. They can say what they will about Bush, but there is no doubting his personal commitment to the security of our country. This is due to the fact that we have taken the fight to the enemy. This war is being fought in the enemy’s cities, not ours.
Nice to have Newsweek break this story. It hit the news elsewhere three weeks ago.
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