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Kyle Reese
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 Sun Oct 08, 2006 10:56 pm Report: North Korea Tests Nuclear Weapon |
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| Quote: | Report: North Korea Tests Nuclear Weapon
Sunday, October 08, 2006
SEOUL, South Korea � North Korea performed its first-ever nuclear weapons test Monday, Yonhap news agency reported, citing government officials.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,218699,00.html |
Just appeared on the Fox News Breaking News tab.
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Republican_Man
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| Sun Oct 08, 2006 10:57 pm |
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I was just about to post this, you fool 
Yeah, wow. This is intense. What does this mean for the world situation now?
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Kyle Reese
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| Sun Oct 08, 2006 10:59 pm |
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Yeah well I was about to post the one about the 700 Iraqi police being poisoned, you fool
Tomorrow's news will definitely be interesting. Too bad I won't be able to watch it in the morning.
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Puck
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| Sun Oct 08, 2006 11:10 pm |
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I expect the U.N. will condemn this if we are lucky and then they will go back to talking.
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Republican_Man
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| Sun Oct 08, 2006 11:12 pm |
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| Puck wrote: | | I expect the U.N. will condemn this if we are lucky and then they will go back to talking. |
Indeed. The US Geological Survey, however, it has just been reported, has not, it says, detected any seismic activity in the region, showing that the situation is very fluid.
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Republican_Man
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| Sun Oct 08, 2006 11:37 pm |
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This Just In: Contrary to what I just posted, the US Geological Survey Society has now said that it has detected some level of activity in North Korea.
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WeAz
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| Sun Oct 08, 2006 11:59 pm |
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Ok. Now, lets not invade another country.
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Republican_Man
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| Mon Oct 09, 2006 12:01 am |
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According to South Korean assessments, there was an incident, but it was lower than North Korean hopes.
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WeAz
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| Mon Oct 09, 2006 12:01 am |
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What kind of yield was it?
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Republican_Man
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| Mon Oct 09, 2006 12:04 am |
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They're not sure, but less than expectations.
The US has confirmed this test, however.
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Republican_Man
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| Mon Oct 09, 2006 12:26 am |
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My apologies. It's not the US government but one senior Bush Administration official who has confirmed this event.
EDIT: The US Geological Survey has stated that a 4.2 magnitude tremor was detected, making it a larger quake than had been originally expected.
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webtaz99
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| Mon Oct 09, 2006 8:03 am |
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So far, the yield has been approximated at 550 tons of TNT. With that, plus the North Korean claim that there was "no radiation" released, my guess is that they detonated a large collection of non-nuclear explosives. The U.S. has detected underground nuke tests in the past.
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Ziona
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| Mon Oct 09, 2006 8:48 am |
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My poor poor relatives in South Korea. *sigh* This is why I'm glad I was adopted into the United States.
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Lord Borg
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| Mon Oct 09, 2006 8:52 am |
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| Ziona wrote: | | My poor poor relatives in South Korea. *sigh* This is why I'm glad I was adopted into the United States. |
I can share that, We are all glad your adopted in the US 
However, I do hope that this does not derteriate into something nasty, frankly, we've got enough troubles in this world with out people testing nukes, and the rest of the world getting on their cash. *Sighs* Politics....
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Admiral Dani�l
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| Mon Oct 09, 2006 12:39 pm |
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How smart... making a Nuclear Weapon in the middle of the Iraq and Afghanistan situation. Yip. Smartest thing you can do >.<
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Hitchhiker
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| Mon Oct 09, 2006 1:56 pm |
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| Admiral Dani�l wrote: | | How smart... making a Nuclear Weapon in the middle of the Iraq and Afghanistan situation. Yip. Smartest thing you can do >.< |
Actually, it sounds like a pretty smart thing to do.
No, really. Suppose for a moment that if North Korea steps up its nuclear arms program, the entire world will actually do something about it, and the UN will actually do something (shock, gasp!). Would you, as crazy crackpot dictator of North Korea, rather incur the world's wrath while the U.S. forces are milling around at home with nobody to shoot? Or would you rather do it while the superpower's forces are stretched across the Middle East for three years?
Now, this may not turn out to be a huge difference in the end. But it certainly complicates things should it come to military conflict.
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Republican_Man
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| Mon Oct 09, 2006 5:55 pm |
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Something is sure to actually happen with North Korea in the Un at this point because Kofi Annan is likely to be replaced by South Korea's Foreign Minister.
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CJ Cregg
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| Mon Oct 09, 2006 5:59 pm |
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| Republican_Man wrote: | | Something is sure to actually happen with North Korea in the Un at this point because Kofi Annan is likely to be replaced by South Korea's Foreign Minister. |
Don't be too sure about that. The new guy has been criticised in the past for being too soft on North Korea.
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WeAz
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| Mon Oct 09, 2006 9:00 pm |
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Everyone is. We've let them run rampant.
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Republican_Man
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| Mon Oct 09, 2006 9:00 pm |
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| WeAz wrote: | | Everyone is. We've let them run rampant. |
And Clinton gave him the materials to let them do this and things to go this far.
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WeAz
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| Mon Oct 09, 2006 9:03 pm |
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| Republican_Man wrote: | | WeAz wrote: | | Everyone is. We've let them run rampant. |
And Clinton gave him the materials to let them do this and things to go this far. |
Evidence please?
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It was Bush, not Clinton, who ignored the warning signs for 9/11.
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Republican_Man
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| Mon Oct 09, 2006 9:05 pm |
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Do a little research into the 1994 Agreed Framework 
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WeAz
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| Mon Oct 09, 2006 9:07 pm |
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True. Clinton did start them. But Bush had plenty of oppurtunities to stop it.
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Republican_Man
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| Tue Oct 10, 2006 1:55 am |
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So, as I said about China in the 2006 elections topic,
| FoxNews.com Breaking News Bar wrote: | | South Korea: China to Drop Opposition to Tough Chapter 7 U.N. Sanctions on North Korea |
EDIT: And it's a little late for this one, don't'cha think?
| FoxNews.com Breaking News Bar wrote: | | Report: North Korea Willing to Return to Nuclear Talks for Guarantee of Security |
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Republican_Man
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| Tue Oct 10, 2006 6:37 pm |
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According to Fox News, the North Korea test is, according to a number of intelligence groups, looking more like "bluster than blast."
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