Tag Archives: U.N. Security Council

Jun 15 2009

UPDATE: JUNE 17 – North Korea warns of nuclear war

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UPDATE: JUNE 17

Korea Warns U.S. of Thousand-Fold Military Action
North Korea warned Wednesday of a “thousand-fold” military retaliation against the U.S. and its allies if provoked, the latest threat in its drumbeat of rhetoric in defense of its rogue nuclear program.

The warning, carried by the North’s state media, came hours after President Barack Obama declared North Korea a “grave threat” to the world and pledged that new U.N. sanctions on the communist regime will be aggressively enforced. Read More

North Korea warns of nuclear war

South Korea’s president ordered his top security officials Sunday to deal “resolutely and squarely” with new North Korean warnings of a nuclear war on the eve of his U.S. visit. In Washington, Vice President Joe Biden said “God only knows” what North Korea wants from the latest showdown.
President Lee Myung-bak travels to Washington on Monday for talks with President Barack Obama that are expected to focus on the North’s rogue nuclear and missile programs.

The trip comes after North Korea’s Foreign Ministry threatened war with any country that stops its ships on the high seas under new sanctions approved by the U.N. Security Council in response to its May 25 nuclear test. Read More

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U.S. May Confront Ships Near N. Korea
The Obama administration said Friday it is prepared to confront ships believed to be carrying contraband materials to North Korea but will not try to forcibly board them, in accordance with new U.N. sanctions.

White House officials said they expect North Korea to act “irresponsibly” to the sanctions, imposed Friday by the U.N. Security Council in response to the communist nation’s recent nuclear tests. The sanctions include expanding an arms embargo and authorizing searches of ships thought to be carrying banned items to North Korea, such as materials that could be used in weapons. Read More

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Biden: Important to Enforce N. Korean Sanctions
Vice President Joe Biden says it’s important that the U.S. and other nations make sure that the latest U.N. penalties stick against North Korea. Read More

Seems that Obama has worked himself in between a rock and a hard spot with North Korea! I was always told if you trap a dog in a corner you’re sure to get bit!

LINKS:

(1) On the march: Iran photo of the morning
By Michelle Malkin

May 25 2009

UPDATED: N. Korea Says It Conducts 2nd Nuclear Test also test-fired a short-range, ground-to-air missile Monday

North Korea defiantly declared Monday that it carried out a powerful underground nuclear test — reportedly many times larger than a 2006 test — in a major provocation in the escalating international standoff over its rogue nuclear and missile programs.

President Barack Obama said a nuclear test would constitute an act of “blatant defiance” of the U.N. Security Council and a violation of international law.Read More

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U.S. Says N. Korea Nuke Test of ‘Grave Concern’
“North Korea is directly and recklessly challenging the international community,” Obama said in a statement. “North Korea’s behavior increases tensions and undermines stability in Northeast Asia.”

Obama said Washington will be working in the days ahead with the Security Council and other nations that have been trying to pursuade North Korea to give up on its nuclear ambitions. Read More

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North Korea fires two more missiles

NKorea’s bomb test adds to atomic threat
The Obama administration, which said the North’s action invited stronger, unspecified international pressure, has consistently called for Korean denuclearization but seemed not to have anticipated a deepening nuclear crisis.

Just two weeks ago, the administration’s special envoy for disarmament talks with North Korea, Stephen Bosworth, said during a visit to Asian capitals that “everyone is feeling relatively relaxed about where we are at this point in the process.” If so, they are no longer.

North Korea conducted its first atomic test in 2006 and is thought to have enough plutonium to make at least a half-dozen nuclear bombs. It also is developing long-range ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads, in defiance of U.N. actions. Read More

Barack now we shall see how you handle the NK nuke issue! Will you be weak as you have shown with Iran and the Gitmo terrorist? Or will you be strong as an American president should be? Or will you try and buy your way out of this crisis by printing a few trillon dollars? We shall be watching for the answer to the questions above!

LINKS:
(1) Viva la socialism and why not communism!?

(2) Breaking: N. Korea Confirms Second Nuclear Test

(3) NKorea says it conducted 2nd nuclear test

(4) Obama May Cede To Iran’s Nuclear Ambition (Most Likely will)

(5) Fetch the comfy chair! U.N. Security Council passes new toothless resolution; Update: N. Korea fires two more short-range missilesBy Michelle Malkin