MSNBC: N. Korea OKs nuke ‘deterrent force’

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N. Korea OKs nuke ‘deterrent force’
Newly elected parliament also re-elects leader Kim Jong Il
ASSOCIATED PRESS

SEOUL, South Korea, Sept. 3 — North Korea’s parliament on Wednesday approved the government’s decision to increase its “nuclear deterrent force” in angry reaction to what it calls a hostile American policy.

THE SUPREME People’s Assembly — a rubber-stamp body for government policy — also said it backed the Foreign Ministry’s announcement last week that North Korea no longer had “interest or expectations” for future talks on its nuclear program, according to the North’s official news agency KCNA.

KCNA also reported that the parliament “decided to take relevant measures.” The news agency did not elaborate.

North Korea’s envoy to the six-nation talks in Beijing on the North’s nuclear crisis last week warned that the reclusive state might test a nuclear device to prove itself a nuclear power, a U.S. official said on condition of anonymity.

http://www.msnbc.com/news/956870.asp?0cv=CB10

[sfecap]

1. The chimps response:

"Bring it on!"

[Devils Advocate NZ]

2. Gotta love that propaganda...

THE SUPREME People’s Assembly — a rubber-stamp body for government policy — also said...

One could say:

The United States Congress - a rubber-stamp body for government policy - also said...

and be just as accurate.

[Trek234]

4. Something may be lost in the translation

from the original Korean....

[NekoChris]

3. Well...

..if they've got them as a 'detterent' I hope it does just that and detters us the hell out of their business. Maybe the next administration can make some kind of treaty with them, this one would do well to just leave them ALONE.