Researcher: North Korea has 'weaponized' plutonium

[time_has_come]

Source: Associated Press



Updated Sat. Jan. 17 2009 8:23 AM ET

The Associated Press

BEIJING -- North Korea has hardened its stance on disarmament, saying it has "weaponized" plutonium into warheads, but hopes for better ties with U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, a U.S. researcher who visited the North said Saturday.

Officials say the weapons cannot be inspected and Pyongyang might keep them even if it normalizes relations with Washington, said Selig Harrison, director of the Washington-based Center for International Policy's Asia program. Harrison said he met this week with the North's nuclear envoy, Ri Gun, and other officials.

The officials said that "North Korea is now a nuclear weapons state and will not commit itself now on when it will give it up as a result of denuclearization negotiations," Harrison told reporters in Beijing. He quoted Ri saying, "We are not in a position to say when we will abandon nuclear weapons."

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Nice job, Bush. Add this to your list of accomplishments you moronic frat-boy.

[SpiralHawk]

1. "Tough noogies. You Americans can deal with this." - Commander AWOL (R)

"...just like you can deal with all the other FAIL & massively steeenkin messes we republicon homelander cronies are leaving you. Smirk."

- Commander AWOL (R)

[Donnachaidh]

2. Kim's breaking out the tantrums again

What kind of payoffs should we give him THIS time?

[ohio2007]

3. I saw an article that he has picked son # 3 to be his successor in the "democratic peoples republic"

so hopefully an announcement of another state funeral will be leaked this year.

[iandhr]

4. comforting thought

:sarcasm:

[benld74]

5. Here we effin go again,,,

[FreakinDJ]

6. Ya Think !! - They already built Nukes - thanks to Bush

[and-justice-for-all]

7. If North K orea was to get out of line...

China would most certainly but a boot in their ass. An unstable Asia is something China is not going to allow, China could very easily crush North Korea and I would bet that they would.

[okiru109]

9. i believe NK plays a role for China similar to the role Israel plays for U.S.

proxy

[Aristus]

8. But Iraq has oil. So let's invade them.

:banghead: