N. Korea accuses U.S. of helping Israel develop nuclear weapons

[bemildred]

Source: AP

North Korea accused the United States on Tuesday of actively providing nuclear weapons assistance to Israel while seeking to deprive other countries of the right to peaceful nuclear programs.

North Korea's top nuclear negotiator, meanwhile, denied accusations that his country had cooperated with Syria on a secret nuclear project.

"The United States is shutting its eyes to the nuclear programs of its allies while taking issue with the rights to nuclear activities of other countries for peaceful purposes," North Korea's communist party newspaper Rodong Sinmun said in a commentary carried by the official Korean Central News Agency.

"As an illustration, the U.S. has long actively promoted and cooperated with the Israeli nuclear armament plan," the newspaper said. "They decided to provide assistance to Israel's nuclear development program. Then the U.S. dispatched nuclear experts to Israel and transferred highly enriched uranium, the key ingredient for nuclear weapons to them.

Read more: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/907235.html

[Reno.Muse]

1. not surprises me anymore with this administration

pot calling kettle black is a common administration tactic.

[Purveyor]

2. Well duh... K&R eom

[fedupfisherman]

3. I thought France gave Israel nuclear weapons

back in the 1960s and it went from there?

[Tempest]

5. France and the U.S. gave Israel the technology

Most of the scientists came from the U.S.

[fedupfisherman]

7. Thanks n/t

[liberation]

9. ... and the nuclear fuel.

In fact Israel themselves are in violation of a shitload of UN resolution/mandates regarding their nuclear programme.

[ohio2007]

15. Kim quotes from the history books he writes

ie,
how his dad had mercy on the western armies and let them live... but they only returned to fight another day ect. ect for the dear leader

btw,
did you know the fist time Kim picked up a bowling ball and had the game explained to him..... he bowled a 300 !
go figger

[Tempest]

4. A concerted attack on America's hypocrisy

Iran made the same kind of statements the other day.

Looks like the "axis of evil" is fighting back in a way Bush can't defend against.

[pampango]

6. Did North Korean secret agents just discover this link between Israel and the US?

Boy, those guys are sharp. :) You can't keep a secret from them.

Someone should suggest that they investigate the possibility that the US is providing conventional military hardware to Israel as well. It may just be a rumor but you never know unless you check it out.

I wonder if Kim is going public with these secrets now to help out Mahmoud while he is in the limelight. Or maybe he is bummed about what may have happened in Syria last month. Or maybe there is some deadline or further negotiations coming up in the talks about North Korea's own nuclear disarmament and this is a good time to take the offensive in those discussions.

[Poll_Blind]

8. Well, France the U.K. and the United States but, essentially, yes.

And yes, the United States government plays "Close our eyes" when it comes to Israel's nuclear weapons program.

PB

[ohio2007]

14. the emphasis is on "France". ....ie, Deja Vu with the Libyan sale

of nuke power plants

[Javaman]

10. Touche'! nt

[EVDebs]

11. And No Korea's "peaceful use" of nuclear technology results in how much power production there ?

Probably as much as Iran's eventually will, but we have to let these fools expose themselves--despite the risk to society at large--for who/what they really are.

I'm thoroughly surprised that Pakistan's rationality has been exposed but that is only in relation to the Indian possession of identical technology for reciprocity.

Let sanity prevail. If Mutual Assured Destruction becomes a necessity, then so be it. Same thing goes with Iran.

These guys eventually wise up; survivers of the regime can learn much from Libya and South Africa and act accordingly for the greatest benefit to those societies.

[Megahurtz]

12. Uh Oh...

:yoiks:...

:wow: Tagged!

:rofl:

[Scurrilous]

13. Documents show Israel looks to U.S.-India deal to expand own nuclear ties

<snip>

"Israel is looking to a U.S.-India nuclear deal to expand its own ties to suppliers, quietly lobbying for an exemption to nonproliferation rules so it can legally import atomic material, according to documents made available Tuesday to The Associated Press.

The move is sure to raise concerns among Arab nations already considering their neighbor the region's atomic arms threat. Israel has never publicly acknowledged having nuclear weapons, but is generally considered to possess them.

The new push is reflected in papers Israel presented earlier this year to the Nuclear Suppliers' Group - 45 nations that export nuclear fuel and technology under strict rules meant to lessen the dangers of proliferation and trafficking in materials that could be used for a weapons program.

The initiative appeared to be linked to a U.S.-India agreement that would effectively waive the group's rules by allowing the United States to supply India with nuclear fuel despite its refusal both to sign the nonproliferation treaty and allowing the IAEA to inspect all of its nuclear facilities.

Israeli officials began examining how their country could profit from that deal as early as last year, at one point proposing that the U.S. ask for an exemption from restrictions stipulating safeguards by the U.N. nuclear agency on all nuclear facilities, said a diplomat. The U.S. rejected that request, he said, demanding anonymity for discussing restricted information."

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[RantinRavin]

16. Oh bullshit

The US has no desire of any kind to help Israel develop a nuclear weapon plan.



The US SOLD Israel it's nuclear weapon plan.