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South Korea Plays Down ICBM Fears
UPI Senior News Analyst Washington (UPI) Jun 22, 2006 The South Korean government believes that some Japanese and U.S. officials are exaggerating the dangers of North Korea's anticipated missile test, a new report says. The South Korean government believes that even if North Korea test-fires a missile, it will not necessarily be a military device, the Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported Monday. South Korean officials regard reports in the U.S. and Japanese press that a North Korean launch is imminent as unreliable, the paper said. Over the weekend, the South Korean government said it could not conclude that liquid fuel had been injected into the new North Korean long-range ballistic missile, as U.S. reports claimed, nor whether the missile carries a warhead or a satellite. Indeed, South Korean authorities said the fact that the North Korean missile launch pad was being erected above ground in full view of U.S. surveillance satellites made it more likely that the North intended to launch its own space satellite, the Chosun Ilbo said. The South Korean government believed that the best solution would be for North Korea and the United States to take a step back, the report said The New York Times on Monday quoted an unnamed U.S. government official as saying North Korea appeared to have completed fueling a long-range ballistic missile, with U.S. satellite intelligence suggesting "that booster rockets had been loaded onto a launch pad, and liquid-fuel tanks fitted to a missile at a site in North Korea's remote east coast."
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Iran Brandishes Oil Weapon In Nuclear Row
Tehran (AFP) Jun 25, 2006Iran on Sunday again brandished oil as a weapon in a dispute over its nuclear programme, as it continued to resist international demands to freeze sensitive uranium enrichment work. The threat came amid mounting pressure on Tehran to accept a proposal that it halt enrichment -- at the centre of fears it could acquire nuclear weapons -- in exchange for multilateral talks and a package of incentives. |
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