North Korea at it again

[Bow Tie Omega]

North Korea is at it again. The Communist Regime (Not far from Howard Dean's dreams of eutopia) just launched 3 -5 missiles including a new long range missle designed to hit the United States. According to multiple news sources, not including the New York and LA Times (So you know the story is true) they were fired minutes after the Space Shuttle Discovery launched successfully for a 12 day mission.
I know, I know Chaka, this is our fault also. Maybe if we roll over and give in to North Korea and the Middle East, they can all take us over and we can have the kind of lives that their people do.

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White House Calls North Korea Missile Tests 'Provocative'
POSTED: 4:24 pm PDT July 4, 2006
UPDATED: 4:28 pm PDT July 4, 2006
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WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration said Tuesday five missiles were fired by North Korea in what it called a provocation, but not an immediate threat to the United States.
"We do consider it provocative behavior," National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley said. Five of the six missiles were short range, but the other was a long-range missile - which failed after 35 seconds - that U.S. officials believe is capable of reaching the United States. The short-range missiles landed in the Sea of Japan.
White House Press Secretary Tony Snow, told reporters, "The North Koreans have again clearly isolated themselves."
White House officials at one point said six missiles were fired, but then backed off and said actually only five launching occurred.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice planned to confer with her counterparts from China, Japan, South Korea and Russia, over the missile firings, according to the State Department.
The test firings included a long-range Taepodong-2, the communist nation's most advanced missile with a range of up to 9,320 miles, and five shorter-range missiles, said Hadley.
A senior U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the missile launches were "no immediate threat to the U.S."
In Colorado, the North American Aerospace Defense Command was put on heightened alert, or "Bravo-Plus" status, slightly higher than a medium threat level, on Monday in anticipation of possible activities by North Korea, said Michael Kucharek, a NORAD spokesman in Colorado Springs.
NORAD and the U.S. Northern Command is responsible for defending U.S. territory.
President Bush has been in consultation with Rice, Hadley and Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld.
Christopher Hill, assistant secretary of state, is set to head to the region on Wednesday, and Hadley is to meet with his South Korean counterpart, a meeting in Washington that already had been scheduled, Snow said.
The test firings, which are seen as a provocation by the United States and other nations trying to get North Korea to submit to a verifiable nuclear program, occurred as Americans were celebrating Independence Day.
The reclusive communist nation's action came after weeks of speculation that it was preparing to test its Taepodong 2 missile. The preparations prompted warnings from the United States and Japan, which had threatened possible economic sanctions in response.
http://www.nbc4.tv/news/9467846/detail.html

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Here is the abreviated version of the latest news concerning North Korea.
This morning, members of the US National Security Council are meeting behind closed doors in Washington to discuss the possibility of a military response, after North Korea fired a 7th missile earlier this morning. The long range missle, with a probable travel distance of 9300 miles, has been developed to carry a nuclear warhead by unamed sources. This weapon could reach the US. It is unknown if the North Koreans have perfected a nuclear warhead small enough to fit on this missle. Internationally, the UN Security Council will be meeting today, at the urging of Japan and the US to discuss formal sanctions against the rogue nation and a possible future military response if the North Koreans continue with this posturing. Several US representatives have called the actions by the north "provocative" in nature. President Bush is expected to comment on the latest, later today