January 2, 2004

North Korea invites US nuke experts to tour plant

From Yahoo/AP bq. North Korea invited a delegation of U.S. nuclear experts to visit its main nuclear complex next week, but the Bush administration said Friday the privately arranged trip should not delay the renewal of six-party negotiations over the North Koreans' weapons program. bq. The visit would be the first exposure of outside experts to the site since Pyongyang expelled U.N. monitors at the end of 2002. bq. The administration is doing nothing to facilitate the mission but would welcome any new information about the activities at the site, located north of Pyongyang, North Korea's capital. bq. The delegation is expected to include Sig Hecker, former director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, a nuclear weapons research center. First Libya opens their doors, now North Korea. It seems that we have their attention. Check this Cox and Forkum cartoon. Heh... Posted by DaveH at January 2, 2004 2:03 PM