N. Korea: No More Nuclear Moves Before Oil

Communist Regime Says U.S., Others Not Keeping Their End Of Bargain To Provide Energy

(AP)  North Korea said Friday it will not take further steps to dismantle its nuclear program until the U.S. and its other negotiating partners award fuel oil and political benefits promised under an aid-for-disarmament deal.

The North Korean Foreign Ministry said in a statement it has disabled 80 percent of its main nuclear complex, but countries involved in six-nation disarmament talks have only made 40 percent of the energy shipments promised to the North.

The energy-starved North was promised the aid equivalent of 1 million tons of heavy fuel oil under the February 2007 deal with China, South Korea, Russia, Japan and the United States.

The ministry statement said North Korea has shown its resolve to disarm by destroying a cooling tower at its Yongbyon nuclear complex last week - a measure it says was required under the next phase of a denuclearization agreement.

"Participants in the six-party talks should also join our efforts by faithfully following through with their due obligations," said the statement, carried by the North Korean Central News Agency.

North Korea submitted a long-awaited declaration of nuclear facilities to China last week, raising hopes for a breakthrough in stalled talks on its atomic programs. In exchange, Washington lifted some economic sanctions against the North and began steps to remove the country from a State Department list of states that sponsor terrorism.

North Korea's statement said however that the U.S. has not yet officially removed it from the terrorism list and the contents of relaxed sanctions were incomplete. It did not elaborate.

The North said it will only move on to the next phase of the denuclearization process when it has been awarded all the energy aid and political benefits promised under the deal.

"That is our consistent position and basic request under the 'action-for-action' principle," it said.

North Korea's nuclear declaration, which was delivered six months later than the country promised and has not yet been publicly released, is aid to only give the overall figure for how much plutonium was produced at Yongbyon but no details of weapons that may have been produced.

U.S. officials have also stressed that the North Korean declaration still needs to be verified and that the destruction of the cooling tower is only one small part of the process. Experts believe the North has produced up to 110 pounds of weapons-grade plutonium, enough for as many as 10 nuclear bombs.

Moon Tae-young, South Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman, said his ministry was trying to determine why the North issued the statement at this time. He said no agreement has been reached on when to resume the six-party talks.

Calls to the U.S. Embassy in Seoul were unanswered Friday evening.

[reptilian96]

FOX NEWS discovered the presence of a massive spy ring inside the United States run by the government of Israel. This seems a harsh gratitude from a nation which obtains 10% of its annual budget from the American taxpayer, $3+ billion a year. Over the years, American taxpayers have been required to send Israel more than four times what the US spent to go to the moon.

question is do we really need Israel? I don''t think so. Israel is a burden on us american tax payers, we could use our money here in USA. we don''t need backstabers. If muslims were not in that part then the battle would''ve been with christans and JEWS in that part of the world. Just like British Jews were doing to IRISH (IRA), see the new perspective. Anyway, we don''t need Israel for the simple fact that they are not in our good interest.

NOW i read that Israel can''t fight IRAN if USA won''t help Israel. I mean come on more American TAX $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

So all of you American Israeli supporters get ready to shell out some more doe without your permission JEWS will take you money like they always did. Us hard working Americans will be homeless for long, long time. ww3 coming soon. under construction by the Israeli JEWS.

[tootall10142]

If we as nation do not keep our word are we any better than the people we perceive to be enemies?what we give them will not last forever and if they go back on thier word just cut off the aid and gaurd our borders.we have been held up by the north koreans for decades.they program thier young and kill thier opposers yet we support abortion and baby our killers.

[johngoodnews]

It is unfortunate that the North Koreans do not understand the terminal irony of the coincidence of the July 7 meeting of the G-8 across the strait and Notrth Korea keeping its part of the bargin and then beginning to learn the true meaning of trusting the round eye on any kind of business deal. Oh yeah, ya gotta luv it. Get used to it, you North Korean serfs-in-waiting...we all be a-coming to liberate you with factories you can work in to make cheap plastic gew gaws for old Sam Walton and his ilk while your chinee brethren ponder on how to let 300 million of its people live like western round eye (doesn''t that sound like a mediocre cut of meat at the butchers?) while keeping the societal lid on the 1.5 bn who will continue to live the life of the happy serf without the State having to trigger recourse to draconian police state measures. Oooops. Well, "draconian" is all in the eye of the beholder.

[goldesprit]

"N. Korea: No More Nuclear Moves Before Oil"
Should have the word "Until" instead of "Before"

then the intended meaning is at least decipherable in the same number of words...

Must have a bunch of...30 somethings getting underpaid to be..."reporters".

[pollroller1]

N Korea must really be hurting to stop their nuclear program for oil.

[whiskyrocker]

I say Nuke um''

[smurfcrusher]

"Strange that conservatives will give welfare to other countries and corporations without question, yet refuse, with seething anger, to give it to fellow Americans."

Posted by Rafterman1

I''ve noticed that too, Rafterman1. It IS strange.

[whitemale08]

Posted by zgomer at 10:58 AM : Jul 04, 2008-

haha..haaha...How does it feel takin'' it from your own folks?

Here''s the curse now laid against you:

Henceforthe for every day you work you will hand over the sweat of your brow for free through hyper-inflation to the oligarchs and so called monarchs that run the British East India Company Financial Empire.

You my friend will live as a serf like those in Asia because you trust the Federal Reserve System and you love and embrace serfdom.

How mistaken to believe that Wall Street and the IMF would stop with countries with only brown people.

Now its your turn....hahaaaha

[randynason]

This all-for-show story will crumble, now that the good and timely news item has served its'' purpose. Bush has absolutely no intention of honoring this deal anyway, and N. Korea knows this.

[rafterman1]

===Another Republican Welfare State...===
Posted by IOWEIGN

Strange that conservatives will give welfare to other countries and corporations without question, yet refuse, with seething anger, to give it to fellow Americans.

[willymack]

What is the difference between a terrorist and a nuclear black mail specialists. I say let them build their nuclear enrichment program this year and then give them 24 hour notice to evacuate a nuclear disaster site. A few smart bombs will allow them the privelege of starting all over again, if anyone is willing to go back to work.

[edward1975-2009]

North Korea can be trusted just about as much as we can trust Iran. We should help these people in no way.

[ioweign]

When NK backstabs on this deal (and they will), let''''s see if neocons are as hard on Bush as they were on Clinton for being suckered in the exact same way.

Posted by Rafterman1 at 10:15 AM : Jul 04, 2008

They have already expanded their nuke arsenal under Bush and why not get some of that free stuff too.

Another Republican Welfare State...

[ioweign]

whitemale08, your no male, your a homosexual commie liberal freedom hater, maggot.

Posted by zgomer at 10:58 AM : Jul 04, 2008


Well thank god, here we thought he might be Republican...

[nothappyatall]

"until the U.S. and its other negotiating partners award fuel oil and political benefits promised under an aid-for-disarmament deal. "

Oh yeah, and thanks to the BUSH CARTEL who brokered this idiotic deal and giveaway of OUR money, we will be paying around $150 a barrel for oil to heat and electrify North Korea while people *HERE* in our country struggle trying to get gas in the car to get to work, or squabbling over the very limited low- income heating fuel assistance programs.

Wait till that oil goes to $200 a barrel, the Bush cartel''s little deal will cost us a fortune and it will be ongoing.

[brianbwb-2009]

"Communist Regime Says U.S., Others Not Keeping Their End Of Bargain To Provide Energy"

You had it right the first time, when you used to say not to trust Bush.

To whiskyrocker

Of course the fact that Bush made a promise he cannot honor has absolutely nothing to do with your wish to commit genocide?

[brianbwb-2009]

"Communist Regime Says U.S., Others Not Keeping Their End Of Bargain To Provide Energy"

You had it right the first time, when you used to say not to trust Bush.

To whiskyrocker

Of course the fact that Bush made a promise he cannot honor has absolutely nothing to do with your wish to commit genocide?

[erasmus81]

"North Korea said Friday it will not take further steps to dismantle its nuclear program until..."

They have no intentions of dismantling their nuclear program anyways.

[rafterman1]

When NK backstabs on this deal (and they will), let''s see if neocons are as hard on Bush as they were on Clinton for being suckered in the exact same way.

[smurfcrusher]

Maybe for the perfect irony, King George can send oil to his fellow tyrant buddy from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.