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02-03-2003, 08:44 AM
More Naval, Air Forces Said Headed to N. Korea Front
Dave Eberhart, Newsmax
Monday, Feb. 3, 2003
Despite continuing assurances by Secretary of State Colin Powell that the U.S. has no intention of striking N. Korea, additional U.S. air and naval forces may be on their way to the area at the request of Pacific commander Adm. Thomas B. Fargo, according to reports by CBS News and the New York Times.
Conjecture about a possible new American approach to N. Korea was spawned by a broad remark by President Bush during his recent joint press conference with British Prime Minister Tony Blair: "After September the 11th, the doctrine of containment just doesn't hold any water, as far as I'm concerned."
The President’s remark has been interpreted as applying beyond Iraq’s Saddam Hussein.
Over the weekend, Dr. Mohamed El Baradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, concluded ominously that only "weeks and months" could remain before N. Korea began converting its stores of nuclear fuel into weapons.
Full Story (http://gopusa.com/cgi-bin/news_links.pl?newsli nk_dir=newsmax&newslink_url=newsmax _link2)
Dave Eberhart, Newsmax
Monday, Feb. 3, 2003
Despite continuing assurances by Secretary of State Colin Powell that the U.S. has no intention of striking N. Korea, additional U.S. air and naval forces may be on their way to the area at the request of Pacific commander Adm. Thomas B. Fargo, according to reports by CBS News and the New York Times.
Conjecture about a possible new American approach to N. Korea was spawned by a broad remark by President Bush during his recent joint press conference with British Prime Minister Tony Blair: "After September the 11th, the doctrine of containment just doesn't hold any water, as far as I'm concerned."
The President’s remark has been interpreted as applying beyond Iraq’s Saddam Hussein.
Over the weekend, Dr. Mohamed El Baradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, concluded ominously that only "weeks and months" could remain before N. Korea began converting its stores of nuclear fuel into weapons.
Full Story (http://gopusa.com/cgi-bin/news_links.pl?newsli nk_dir=newsmax&newslink_url=newsmax _link2)