North Korea Watch: United States Warns North Korea About Talks “BLUFF”

US Department of Defense handout image shows a Standard Missile being launched in a Missile Defense Agency and Japan Defense Agency joint test in the Pacific, in March 2006. The United States warned North Korea against thinking it could use worries over a possible long-range missile to force the United States into direct talks.

AFP: US warns North Korea against talks ‘bluff’

The United States warned North Korea against thinking it could use worries over a possible long-range missile to force the United States into direct talks.

“If it’s a bluff for direct negotiations, it’s not an advisable way to do it,” White House spokesman Tony Snow told a press briefing.

On Monday President Bush said  that North Korea should tell the world what it has atop a missile the United States believes it is preparing to launch.

So, what is North Korea’s intent?

Stay tuned……..

A commercial satellite photo of North Korea’s Nodong missile launch site taken on by a Digital Globe satellite and annotated and released by analysts at GlobalSecurity.org on May 24, 2006. The United States and Japan warned North Korea on Monday against a missile launch that experts say could reach as far as Alaska and threatened harsh action if the test flight goes ahead.

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