From: "mart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: "mart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Fw: WWIII update - Bush threatens DPRK ----- Original Message ----- From: Barry Stoller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 4:22 PM Subject: WWIII update - Bush threatens DPRK AFP (with additional material by Reuters). 17 October 2001. Bush says he is "disappointed" with N. Korean leader. WASHINGTON -- US President George W. Bush on Wednesday warned North Korea not to use attacks on Afghanistan as an excuse to threaten South Korea and said he was "disappointed" with Pyongyang's leader Kim Jong-il. "North Korea should not in any way, shape or form think that because we happen to be engaged in Afghanistan we will not be prepared and ready to fulfill our end of our agreement with the South Korean government," he said. "They should not use this as an opportunity to threaten our close friend and ally, South Korea," he added at a meeting at the White House early Wednesday, a transcript showed. Bush urged North Korea to send a message of peaceful intentions by withdrawing its conventional forces from areas bordering the demilitarized zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea. "I think that he (North Korea's Kim) needs to earn the trust of the world. I think he needs to take pressure off of South Korea and off of DMZ. I think he needs to say -- send a signal, clearest message, that he's for peace, not for war," Bush said [as he sends troops into Afghanistan]. The United States maintains a 37,000-strong military force in South Korea. _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
