Official:U.S. Moves to Sanction N.Korea

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The United States is moving to impose sanctions on North Korea in accordance with a U.N. Security Council resolution adopted following the North's missile launches in July, a senior South Korean official said Tuesday.

However, the U.S. push for sanctions could be thwarted if North Korea returns to the deadlocked international talks aimed at ending the communist nation's nuclear program, the official told The Associated Press. The official, who is involved in the talks, spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue.

The North test-fired seven missiles in early July over international objections, prompting the U.N. Security Council to unanimously adopt a resolution condemning its actions.

The resolution bans all U.N. member states from transactions with North Korean involving material or technology for missiles or weapons of mass destruction. It also says that countries should take steps to prevent the transfer of any financial resources that could be connected to the North's weapons programs.


http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Koreas-Nuclear.html

[Monkeyman]

1. here we go more talking points to keep their record out of the news

[jayfish]

2. Oh, It's Much Worse Than That. Prepare For The Next 9/11 Size Distraction.

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North Korea said yesterday that if economic sanctions were imposed it would be treated as an act of war.

Giving its first response to an ultimatum issued on Monday by the International Atomic Energy Agency, a statement by the Korean Central News Agency said: "Sanctions mean a war and the war knows no mercy."

The statement called for talks with the United States to end the dispute about its nuclear weapons programme.

They are going to start another war and it ain't in Persia.

Jay