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US draws up plan to bomb North Korea's nuclear plant (AFP, Apr 22, 2003)

The Pentagon has produced detailed plans to bomb North Korea's nuclear plant at Yongbyon if the Stalinist state goes ahead with reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel rods, an Australian report said.

Citing "well-informed sources close to US thinking", The Australian newspaper said the plan also included a US strike against North Korean heavy artillery in the hills above the border with South Korea.

This should be done regardless of whether negotiations might temporarily achieve the same thing. North Korea should be made an example of--the lesson being a kind of robust non-proliferation--that we won't allow any other countries to develop nuclear weapons or the capacity to deliver them. Posted by Orrin Judd at April 23, 2003 10:38 AM