N. Korea Threatens Nuke Test

[dArKeR]

Rejecting U.S. disarmament demands, North Korea said Thursday it will prove to the world that it possesses nuclear weapons by carrying out a nuclear test, a U.S. government official said.

At a six-nation meeting in China that included the United States, North Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Kim Yong Il also said, according to the U.S. official, that his country has the means to deliver nuclear weapons, an apparent reference to its highly-developed missile program.

The State Department declined comment on the deliberations in Beijing except to reiterate that the U.S. goal at the conference is to focus on "the complete, verifiable and irreversible elimination" of North Korea's nuclear weapons program.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/08/14/world/main568267.shtml

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[pa28]

1. Bush dismissed this as a "regional issue"

during the run up to his fictional war. Welcome to the world of non-fiction.

[ThorsteinVeblen]

2. Bluffing

[Heddi]

3. dupe

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