http://www.geostrategy-direct.com/ New evidence on Khan network points to larger N. Korean role The reach of the covert nuclear supplier network headed by Pakistani A.Q. Khan is wider than earlier thought with evidence that North Korea exported nuclear material for Libya's arms program. U.S. intelligence officials said traces of plutonium that originated at North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear facility were found on containers shipped to Libya. The containers were part of the thousands of tons of material given up by the Tripoli government last year. Disclosure of the intelligence came as two U.S. National Security Council officials, Michael Green and Will Tobey, met in Asia with Chinese, South Korean and Japanese officials to brief them on the findings. For officials in the region who doubted U.S. concerns, the new information is "more evidence about what the North Koreans are up to," an official said. The evidence shows the further involvement of the A.Q. Khan network and the involvement of North Korea, officials said. Until the disclosures last week the Khan network was known to have supplied such strategic goods as centrifuges and uranium enrichment material, primarily to Libya. "The exact circumstances are not clear but what this shows is that North Korea is involved in uranium enrichment that goes back a lot longer than previously was understood," one official said. The evidence indicates that North Korea violated the 1994 Agreed Framework, which called for Pyongyang to give up all nuclear weapons work, as soon as the ink was dry on the agreement, officials said. Additionally, the halt of the plutonium program at Yongbyon led the North Koreans to develop a parallel nuclear arms program based on enriched uranium as the fuel for nuclear bombs. North Korea has refused to give up its nuclear arms program following revelations in October 2002 of its covert uranium enrichment program. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Give underprivileged students the materials they need to learn. Bring education to life by funding a specific classroom project. http://us.click.yahoo.com/FHLuJD/_WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
