Irked at U.S., North Korea may restore nuclear facility

Source: Market watch

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- North Korea on Tuesday said it will stop disabling its nuclear facility at Yongbyon and may even consider restoring it to operational status in retaliation for Washington's refusal to take the nation off its terrorism blacklist. The Bush administration has kept North Korea on its list of state sponsors of terrorism pending verification of North Korea's declaration to give up on its nuclear program.

"There is nothing in any of our agreements with the United States where verification of the declaration is a prerequisite for being taken off the list," said the North Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement released through the official Korea News Service.

The North Koreans accused the United States of abusing the agreement and using the verification process as a pretext to enter North Korea to search and scrutinize at will.

"If the United States believes it can enter North Korea and conduct a house search the way it did in Iraq, it is a big mistake," the North Korean Foreign Ministry said.

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NOT getting warm fuzzies from this...