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flyingfysh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-19-04 04:58 PM
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U.S.: N. Korea may sell plutonium to terrorists
This article can be found at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6530769/. Is the US trying to set up an attack or something against North Korea?

U.S.: N. Korea may sell plutonium to terrorists
Top commander says 'disastrous' possibility must be addressed
The Associated Press
Updated: 12:41 p.m. ET Nov. 19, 2004

SEOUL, South Korea - Impoverished North Korea might resort to selling weapons-grade plutonium to terrorists for much-needed cash, and that would be “disastrous for the world,” the top U.S. military commander in South Korea said Friday.

Gen. Leon J. LaPorte said the communist state may have harvested plutonium from 8,000 spent nuclear rods, which experts say could yield enough material for several atomic bombs.

The North’s intent was a mystery, but “from the military standpoint, they do have a capability that we must address,” LaPorte said during a breakfast meeting of retired South Korean air force officers.
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RC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-19-04 05:03 PM
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1. I thought bu$h had his own nukes?
Oh, those other terrorists. Sorry
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