Signs from North Korea hint at bomb test soon 2 Edition

White House and Pentagon officials are closely monitoring a recent stream of satellite photographs of North Korea that appear to show rapid, extensive preparations for a nuclear weapons test, including the construction of a reviewing stand, according to U.S. and foreign officials who have been brief...

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Published inInternational herald tribune
Main Author David E. Sanger and William J. Broad
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Paris New York Times Company 07.05.2005
EditionInternational edition
Subjects
Bush, George W
WASHINGTON
North Korea
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Summary:White House and Pentagon officials are closely monitoring a recent stream of satellite photographs of North Korea that appear to show rapid, extensive preparations for a nuclear weapons test, including the construction of a reviewing stand, according to U.S. and foreign officials who have been briefed on the imagery. The accounts of North Korea's activities have come from three U.S. officials who have reviewed either the imagery or the intelligence reports interpreting the images. The accounts were confirmed by two foreign officials who have been briefed by the Americans, but who cautioned that their countries had no independent way of interpreting the data. One of the creators of Pakistan's program, Abdul Qadeer Khan, traveled to North Korea repeatedly and has admitted to Pakistani interrogators that he supplied nuclear technology to the North, U.S. intelligence officials said.
ISSN:0294-8052