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Ärende: North Korea
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This is what the left wants to hear....  Of course someone will need to 
explain to me what position North Korea is in to be making demands...

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http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=2585531

North Korean General: 'War Is Inevitable'

Oct. 19, 2006 — If President Bush continues to ask North Korea to 
"kneel," war "will be inevitable," and it would begin on the Korean 
Peninsula, North Korean Gen. Ri Chan Bok told "Good Morning America" 
anchor Diane Sawyer, in an exclusive interview inside North Korea. 

President Bush wants the country to kneel down, Ri said, and North 
Koreans cannot agree with that. 

Sawyer visited the general in a ceremonial hall. 

For decades, the general has been in charge of the flash point 
demilitarized zone, the 2.5-mile stretch between North Korea and South 
Korea.

In the interview, Sawyer read Ri the president's statement warning of 
grave consequences for North Korea should the nation continue nuclear 
testing or transfer nuclear technologies to third-party countries.

She asked whether the general had a reaction.

Ri told Sawyer that he didn't tend to believe what Bush said. 

"Can the general guarantee or reassure the American people that this 
nuclear information will not be passed to terrorists?" Sawyer asked. 

"We have nuclear weapons to defend our country and our people," he said. 

The general said he could guarantee that these weapons were to defend 
North Korea and not to earn money or be sent to third parties. He added 
that North Korea did not have a relationship with terrorist 
organizations. 

Sawyer asked him what the words of North Korea meant when leaders said 
there would be a merciless blow in response to any sanctions.

Ri said he couldn't say specifically, but pointed out that North Korea 
had short- and long-range missiles.

Sawyer asked whether the country's nuclear technology was weaponized and 
whether it could be loaded on missiles.

He would not say whether he could nuclearize the country's weapons, but 
said to be assured that the country had the facilities to deliver 
nuclear weapons. 

"North Korea is ready," he said. 

When talking about the possibility of talks, the general said the 
country didn't care if the talks were bilateral or six-party, but he 
said the sanctions must be lifted for progress to begin.

He said if all this happened, then North Korea would be ready to stand 
down on its nuclear program. 


The general also had a message for President Bush

"He keeps talking about North Korea as the 'axis of evil,' as an outpost 
of tyranny, as an unacceptable government that makes its own people 
hungry," he said. 


"We would ask him please to stop making these bad comments on our 
nation, and I'm speaking not just for myself but for all people in this 
country." 

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