N. Korea May Have Moved Second Missile

[Eugene]

N. Korea May Have Moved Second Missile

By JAE-SOON CHANG
The Associated Press
Friday, August 4, 2006; 12:52 AM

SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea may have removed a long-range
missile from a launch site, lowering the possibility of the communist
regime immediately carrying out further tests, a South Korean official
said Friday.

Intelligence reports have said North Korea may have moved two long-range
Taepodong-2 missiles to its Musudan-ri launch site on its east coast
before test-firing one of them July 5.

Fresh intelligence suggests the remaining missile may have been moved
somewhere else, a government official said on condition of anonymity,
citing policy. But the intelligence is not conclusive and needs further
confirmation, he said.

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Full article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/04/AR2006080400002.html

[TomInTib]

1. "may have been moved somewhere else"

Yeah, just like the USS Pueblo. Huh, dumbasses?

They took the god damned ship all the way around the Korean peninsula, up the Yalu and right into downtown Pyongyang.

Right under our dumbass nose.

[Richard Steele]

2. And this is considered "News" because WHY......????

It "May have" been moved "somewhere else", but the intelligence
is "not conclusive" and "needs further confirmation"?

With all those qualifiers , the only REAL difference between this story
and the report of monkeys flying out my ass is that
someone actually PRINTED this less-than-useless nonsense.

[Eugene]

3. Reports about the first TD-2 were similarly qualified.

We all know what happened with that. North Korea's confirmation
came in the form of a launch.

The reported presence of the second missile at the launch site
contributes to the urgency of this crisis. Whatever the motive,
technical or political, if North Korea has pulled it back,
it matters.

[Sherman A1]

4. Time for more attention?

They have fallen off the media radar for a bit with the ME in the headlines. Another * failure!