BUSH TO CONSIDER ASKING U.N. FOR QUARANTINE OF NORTH KOREA...

According to Sludge. No link, just a headline...

Assuming it's true, and IMO it very well might be, what do you think is up?

I don't understand.

Actually, you don't think they're talking about a blockade, do you?

http://nytimes.com/2005/04/25/politics/25prexy.html

White House May Go to U.N. Over North Korean Shipments

By DAVID E. SANGER

Published: April 25, 2005

W ASHINGTON, April 24 - The Bush administration, facing a series of recent provocations from North Korea, is debating a plan to seek a United Nations resolution empowering all nations to intercept shipments in or out of the country that may contain nuclear materials or components, say senior administration officials and diplomats who have been briefed on the proposal.

The resolution envisioned by a growing number of senior administration officials would amount to a quarantine of North Korea, though, so far at least, President Bush's aides are not using that word. It would enable the United States and other nations to intercept shipments in international waters off the Korean Peninsula and to force down aircraft for inspection.

But, said several American and Asian officials, the main purpose would be to give China political cover to police its border with North Korea, the country's lifeline for food and oil. That border is now largely open for shipments of arms, drugs and counterfeit currencies, North Korea's main source of hard currency.

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That seems unlikely.

and more important neither will china...tough talk but nothing can save bush from humilation. but remember it`s from sludge

Bush and Co. can call it whatever they want, but the North will simply label it as a naval blockade.

N. Korea.

http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200504/200504240017.html

Updated Apr.24,2005 21:54 KST


N. Korea Could Boost Nuclear Capability: U.S. Expert
U.S. intelligence officials believe North Korea may be preparing for its first nuclear test and has asked China to get Pyongyang to abandon it, the U.S. press reported. The reports also said U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, currently on a visit to South Korea, China and Japan, would tell his hosts about signs that North Korea is preparing for a test.

The online edition of the Wall Street Journal on Saturday said the U.S. government told China signs were that North Koreas was preparing for a nuclear test. The paper added Washington asked Beijing to persuade North Korea to abandon the plan. The official said U.S. spy satellites detected increased activities at North Korean sites where officers suspect underground nuclear tests could be carried out.

The daily added the U.S. conveyed its concerns to South Korea and Japan as well.

“U.S. officials are increasingly concerned that North Korea may be preparing its first test of a nuclear weapon,” the Washington Post also said Saturday. “A top U.S. diplomat, Assistant Secretary of State Christopher R. Hill, flew to the region yesterday to consult over the weekend with officials in Beijing, Tokyo and Seoul about the signs that a test may be in the works.”

But both papers said U.S. officials were unsure about the intelligence, adding there was debate within the U.S. government over whether the North Koreans would actually conduct a test.

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about the INTELLIGENCE.....etc

Yeah, I know.

Not likely.

I hope the UN just points out how Bush has lied about Iraq and they have no reason to believe anything he says about North Korea.

Of course, we're going to do it unilaterally anyway.

See new thread:

Where will our next shooting war be? (Poll)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1742963

the boy that cried Wolfowitz.
Nobody believes his shit anymore except the Bushbots in this country.