Friday, September 4, 2009

North Korea says in last stage of enriching uranium

Seoul -North Korea said on Friday that it was in the final stage of enriching uranium, a process that would give it a second path to making a nuclear weapon.

After a series of conciliatory gestures by the North over the past month, the announcement raises the stakes in efforts by the international community to convince the reclusive state to give up its nuclear weapons programme.

[Imagine that we'd taken out, even partially, their development and/or test centers after one warning to cease and desist. Do you think we'd still be playing these empty word games through the UN and China? And what would be the effect to other rouge regimes considering following the same course?]

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