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2005-10-12 China-Japan-Koreas

U.S. accuses North Korea of $100 bill counterfeiting

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Posted by Steve 2005-10-12 14:23|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 State-sponsored counterfeiting is, no matter how you look at it, equivalent to a declaration of war.

Solutions, anyone?

Posted by .com 2005-10-12 15:23|| 2005-10-12 15:23|| Front Page Top

#2 You know that not even a nuke with Kim's fingerprints being found in Central Park would be casus belli anymore, don't you?

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-10-12 15:41|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-10-12 15:41|| Front Page Top

#3 A 16-year probe?

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2005-10-12 16:17|| 2005-10-12 16:17|| Front Page Top

#4 Iran is doing it too.
One of the stories is that Clinton was going to shoot some cruise missiles at the factory but after considering the cost of the missiles compared to the actual number of bills counterfied figured it wasn't worth it. One has to wonder if any of those bills helped finance 911.

Posted by 3dc 2005-10-12 16:18|| 2005-10-12 16:18|| Front Page Top

#5 "A 16-year probe?"

To paraphrase F Scott Fitzgerald:
"Civil service employees are not like you and me, they have job security."

Posted by .com 2005-10-12 16:46|| 2005-10-12 16:46|| Front Page Top

#6 It's like prosecuting the mob: you can know they're guilty, but finding the smoking gun that let's you nail the biggies is hard.

Doubly so when you go after another government.

Posted by lotp 2005-10-12 16:58|| 2005-10-12 16:58|| Front Page Top

#7 Garland took the fake notes to Birmingham for further distribution throughout the UK. They also were distributed using diplomatic pouches by NK envoys to Moscow. Doesn't this tie official state sponsorship of terrorism to the UN?

Posted by Danielle 2005-10-12 16:58|| 2005-10-12 16:58|| Front Page Top

#8 They should be referred to the UNSC. That'll teach not to share.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2005-10-12 17:08|| 2005-10-12 17:08|| Front Page Top

#9 Brer: I read your comment as "They should be referred to the USMC." That would a great idea.

Posted by Classical_Liberal 2005-10-12 17:37|| 2005-10-12 17:37|| Front Page Top

#10 Not suprising this is just one of many illicit things the Norks have been doing. Another major thing is Meth production enmass and shipped to S. Korea and Japan. Counterfit money is something I think all sides cladestant forces use in some amount. I dont know about tantemount to war but this should definatley qualify as a end to all Aid in any form from the US, and further Isolation. I personally think we should just tell the Norks to suck it and starve and in the mean time put up a blockade and tell the Norks all thier ships have to either go to S. Korean ports for inspection or ship goods to the S. then on out. Their is not much they could do to stop this and who cares if they build Nukes. Kim Il is bent but he is also a aithiest that values life and he knows full well even if he did hit a west coast US city his and all his bretheren would be glass filler. In the mean time he could just sit and pray his people dont wake up and kill him before they all starve to death. Either way isolated and cut off. His only trade route beside sea is thru China that a simple warning that if the Norks got caught sending weapons to X nation the Chinease would be treated as Co-Defendant. China dont like US but they arent stupid.

Posted by C-Low 2005-10-12 17:41|| 2005-10-12 17:41|| Front Page Top

#11 Overheard at the US Mint:
"Hey Joe! Crank up ol' Betsy. We're supposed to produce three billion Korean Won by next tuesday..."

Posted by mojo">mojo 2005-10-12 17:49|| 2005-10-12 17:49|| Front Page Top

#12 hehe

What is the only thing an American truly cares about... yes greenbacks

ribbit

Posted by Angugum Unumble6535 2005-10-12 17:53|| 2005-10-12 17:53|| Front Page Top

#13 Angugum's about as smart as he/she/it sounds. Fuckwit.

Posted by .com 2005-10-12 18:29|| 2005-10-12 18:29|| Front Page Top

#14 Mr. Garland, through his lawyer, has denied the charges. He was released on bail Saturday.

Which he paid with a stack of sequentially numbered $100 bills.

Posted by Scott R">Scott R 2005-10-12 20:00|| http://five24.net]">[http://five24.net] 2005-10-12 20:00|| Front Page Top

#15 Angugum Unumble6535 = Definitely
it class.

Posted by Red Dog!!">Red Dog!! 2005-10-12 20:16|| 2005-10-12 20:16|| Front Page Top

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