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N. Korea Threatens War if U.S. Pressure Persists

North Korea claims that the United States has a hostile attitude toward the recent nuclear testing. In a formal statement North Korea threatened that further pressure regarding nuclear testing could bring a declaration of war against the United States. North Korea threatened during an interview with Japanese news agency that there would be more nuclear tests if the United States doesn't loose the attitude and back off. Even though North Koreas latest statements do not affect Japan, Japan plans to impose a total ban of North Korean imports and prohibit its ships from entering Japanese ports. In the meantime, concern is on the rise for South Korea.

Many say that the blast was significantly smaller than that of the bombs dropped during World War II. North Korea denies that claiming that the test was successfully performed as planned. A recent media report indicates that it is possible that North Korea already conducted a second nuclear test. A Japanese public broadcaster had claimed that secret government sources had been detected tremors in North Korea sparking the idea that additional nuclear tests are being performed. The United States and South Korea haven't detected any activity indicating that a second test has been performed.

The United States requested that the U.N. Security Council impose a partial trade embargo. North Korea demands one-on-one talks with Washington. Pyongyang has threatened to launch a nuclear-tipped missile if the United States doesn't comply.

This is definitely not going in the right direction. The last thing that the United States needs at this point is a war with another country. I think that North Korea needs to state their intensions. We are talking about creating weapons of mass destruction. Many nations of the world have a good reason to be worried. This situation is creating a lot of tension that could cause drastic actions to be taken in the future.

How does everyone else feel about this? Do you think that North Korea should stop with their nuclear weapon creation? Do you think the United States should step down a little and give North Korea more freedom to do what they please?

posted by Anonymous @ 10/11/2006 08:04:00 AM