Thursday, October 12, 2006
What you won't hear in the U.S. Press
Newsweek International explains what is really going on with North Korea, but you won’t see it in the U.S. media.
On Sept 19th 2005, North Korea signed a denuclearization agreement with the United States, China, Russia, Japan and South Korea to “abandon all nuclear weapons and existing nuclear programs.” In return, Washington agreed that the U.S. and North Korea would “respect each other’s sovereignty, exist peacefully together and take steps to normalize their relations,” but the U.S. negotiating team was divided about this.
Four days later, the U.S. Treasury Department brought huge financial sanctions on North Korea, stopping them from accessing international banking systems. The administration says it’s was a coincidence.
The North Koreans saw it as the start of a process to cut the Sept 19th accord and squeeze the regime and ultimately bring it down. They saw it as a direct threat to their national honor and hoped that their recent missile tests and nuclear test would jump start direct two way talks with the U.S. to stop the financial squeeze. The way they see it, they have nothing to lose. Read the whole story. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15175633/site/newsweek/
On Sept 19th 2005, North Korea signed a denuclearization agreement with the United States, China, Russia, Japan and South Korea to “abandon all nuclear weapons and existing nuclear programs.” In return, Washington agreed that the U.S. and North Korea would “respect each other’s sovereignty, exist peacefully together and take steps to normalize their relations,” but the U.S. negotiating team was divided about this.
Four days later, the U.S. Treasury Department brought huge financial sanctions on North Korea, stopping them from accessing international banking systems. The administration says it’s was a coincidence.
The North Koreans saw it as the start of a process to cut the Sept 19th accord and squeeze the regime and ultimately bring it down. They saw it as a direct threat to their national honor and hoped that their recent missile tests and nuclear test would jump start direct two way talks with the U.S. to stop the financial squeeze. The way they see it, they have nothing to lose. Read the whole story. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15175633/site/newsweek/
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