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Posted on 01/12/2003 11:17:58 AM PST by blam
N Korea backtracks on 'sea of fire' threats
North Korea has denied the existence of a secret nuclear weapons programme or threatening to unleash a "sea of fire" on the US.
The denial comes as a top US envoy arrived in South Korea for talks on diffusing the crisis.
US Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly is to meet president-elect Roh Moo-hyun.
He also plans to meet foreign minister Choi Sung-hong and two presidential security advisers.
Washington and its allies are intensifying efforts to find a diplomatic solution to the escalating confrontation with North Korea.
Mr Kelly is to travel on Tuesday to China, before heading to Singapore, Indonesia and Japan.
North Korea's Rodong Sinmun newspaper stated that "the claim that we admitted developing nuclear weapons is an invention fabricated by the US with sinister intentions".
The paper blames the US for the current crisis and warned: "If the United States evades its responsibility and challenges us, we'll turn the citadel of imperialists into a sea of fire."
When negotiators were hammering out a 1994 US-North Korea accord - over similar concerns about its nuclear intentions - Pyongyang also warned that it would turn South Korean's capital into a "sea of fire."
The US believes North Korea has one or two nuclear weapons and could make several more within six months, if it reactivates a plutonium reprocessing plant.
Story filed: 18:11 Sunday 12th January 2003
*yawn*
Seriously, folks, the old 2 + 2 = 5 routine only works INSIDE North Korea. After years of studying professional liars, to display such rank amateurism on the world stage is an insult to our skills.
(or do they say 'Rake of Fire'?)
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