Satellite images suggest North Korea may be preparing to test nuclear bomb Final 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 inTimes colonist (Victoria)
Main Author David E. Sanger and William J. Broad
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Victoria, B.C Postmedia Network Inc 07.05.2005
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Bush, George W
Kim Jong Il
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. On Thursday, [George W. Bush] spoke at length about North Korea with President Hu Jintao of China, who has been his main interlocutor to [Kim Jong Il]'s government. The White House refused to say whether the two men had discussed the new evidence, focusing instead on what officials said was Bush's determination to get North Korea back to the negotiating table in six-nation talks. 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.