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Rice Warns N. Korea Against Missile Test

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Posted on Jun 19, 2006

The secretary of state said that Pyongyang’s launch of a long-range ballistic missile “would be a very serious matter and indeed a provocative act.”

More info on North Korea’s preparations for a launch—which could buoy Bush’s campaign for a Star Wars missile defense shield.

N.Y. Times:

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice leveled a warning Monday that “it would be a very serious matter and indeed a provocative act” if North Korea tested a long-range ballistic missile.

Rice’s remarks came after Bush administration officials said North Korea has apparently finished loading fuel into a ballistic missile, the latest signs that the reclusive communist state will soon test a weapon that could reach the United States.

Testing would abrogate several North Korean commitments and “it would be taken with utmost seriousness,” Rice said at a news conference.

U.S. intelligence indicates that the long-range missile, believed to be a Taepodong-2, is assembled and fully fueled, said two officials, who requested anonymity because the information comes from sensitive intelligence methods.

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By Martin Ostrye, June 19, 2006 at 6:40 pm #
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Maybe North Korea will test a missile because the US is currently conducting naval operation Valiant Shield in the Philippine Sea. According to Defenselink.mil, “It is the largest joint exercise in recent history, it encompasses 28 naval vessels, nearly 300 aircraft and approximately 22,000 servicemembers from the Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard.”

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By DivaJean, June 19, 2006 at 3:32 pm #
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To paraphrase the words of the infamous Bette Bavis- “Fasten your seatbelts, we’re in for a bumpy ride tonight.”

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