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Sources: US nears removing NKorea from terror list
2008-10-10
The Bush administration is nearing a decision to remove North Korea from a terrorism blacklist and may do so as early as Friday in a bid to salvage faltering nuclear disarmament talks, The Associated Press has learned.

U.S. officials said Thursday that no final decision had been made but diplomats briefed on the matter told the AP that they believe an announcement that North Korea will be tentatively taken off the State Department's list of state sponsors of terrorism is imminent.

The delisting depends on North Korea agreeing to a plan to verify an account of its nuclear activity that it submitted over the summer, the diplomats said. North Korea would be put back on the list if it doesn't comply with the plan and abandon nuclear arms, they said.

The diplomats spoke on condition of anonymity ahead of an expected announcement, which would follow meetings last week in Pyongyang between North Korean officials and U.S. envoy Christopher Hill as well as days of intense debate in Washington. ...
Posted by:ed

#4  we need too just start doing our own missile test. The ICBMs' probably have a lil dust on them. And i know but that will affect Seoul.Screw them too
Posted by: chris   2008-10-10 12:13  

#3  Missiles fired into the sea, removal from the list .... maybe Kim's dead after all, or so close as to not make a difference, and this is the transition dance.
Posted by: lotp   2008-10-10 09:22  

#2  Yeah, appeasement has worked so well for over half a century. And thanks in advance, Mr. Hill, for all the great work you have done.
/vomit in the back alley
Posted by: Alaska Paul    2008-10-10 08:32  

#1  Jesus, why doesn't he just give him a hand-job too?
They just kicked the IAEA inspectors out of their nuke plant, and shot off a couple of missiles this week and Bush is putting together a nice fruit basket for them.
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2008-10-10 08:30  

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