Monday, March 02, 2009
Japanese Defense Sources Say North Korea Will Launch Missile Between March 9 and March 20
The long-range missile--capable of hitting Alaska--will be launched over Japan to upstage military exercises between South Korea and the United States, the sources say.Iran Close to Building Atomic Bomb
Foreign Confidential....
Iran will probably produce an atomic bomb over the next 90-120 days, according to a number of intelligence analysts. The Islamist nation already has enough enriched uranium to build a bomb, these experts say.
A North Korean missile launch this month will create an international crisis and divert attention from Iran's nuclear and missile programs. The two rogue nations have acted as a nuclear tag team, distracting the United States at key times in order to buy time to achieve their war-making ambitions.North Korea Escalates Rhetoric Against US, S. Korea
North Korea has escalated its war of words with the United States and South Korea, accusing the two Korean War allies of continuing a policy of "confrontation" against Pyongyang.
"If the U.S. warlike forces opt for reckless military confrontation and provocation of a war of aggression against (North Korea), the latter will mercilessly stamp out aggressors," said Yang Hyong Sop, vice president of the parliament, the state-run Korean Central News Agency reported Sunday.
His warning came as the U.S. and South Korea prepare for next week's annual military exercises. North Korea calls the drills a rehearsal for invasion.Sunday, March 01, 2009
China's Manufacturing Shrinks
China’s manufacturing shrank for a seventh month in February as the global financial crisis cut exports and growth across Asia.
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Tuesday, 3 March 2009
North Korea will test-fire a Taepodong-2 missile between March 9 and March 20, according to Japanese defense ministry sources.
The economic crisis has cut demand.
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