N. Korea Accuses U.S. of War Pretext Plot

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea (news - web sites) on Monday accused the Bush administration of making up reports about the North's nuclear weapons program as a pretext for war, saying it echoed similar allegations Washington made about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq (news - web sites) before the U.S.-led invasion.


The published commentary came as regional powers are trying to arrange a third round of talks on defusing the standoff over North Korea's nuclear ambitions. The United States, North Korea and four other nations agreed to meet before July, but no date has yet been set.


At issue are Washington's charges that North Korea is running a secret enriched uranium-based nuclear weapons program besides the plutonium-based one the communist nation has acknowledged.


The dispute flared in October 2002, when the United States said North Korea admitted operating the uranium program in violation of international agreements. North Korea has publicly denied this, and the nuclear talks have since bogged down, in part, over the question of how to handle the uranium allegations.

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more:http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=535&ncid=535&e=6&u=/ap/20040531/ap_on_re_as/koreas_nuclear

China has all but confirmed that North Korea has nuclear weapons and that they put their program in full swing around 1999. Bush lies a lot, but this time it's Kim and his government that is lying.

with the iraq lie the US has seriously damaged its credibility. that's why NK even dares to MAKE a statement like this.

when you have a known liar, it is easier for Kim to lie and easy for people who don't know much about the situation to believe it.
This is ANOTHER reason why that f**k bush has to go.