U.S. takes North Korea off terror list

Gold Dragon · Oct 11, 2008

CNN: U.S. takes North Korea off terror list

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The United States on Saturday removed North Korea from its list of states that sponsor terrorism, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said.

"Based upon the cooperation agreement North Korea has recently provided ... the secretary of state this morning rescinded the designation of the DPRK [Democratic People's Republic of Korea] as a state sponsor of terrorism, and that was effective as of her signature," McCormack said.

McCormack said the United States and North Korea had reached agreement "on an number of important verification measures" of North Korea's nuclear program.

These include participation by all members of the Six Party Talks, the role of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency, access to all of North Korea's nuclear facilities and what procedures would be used in the verification process.
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There is a lot of interesting international news that is getting overwhelmed by the economic crisis and the election.

North Korea off the terror list, the Taliban is potentially seeking peace. Hopefully that will lead to more info on al Qaeda. If bin Laden is caught, the only major player around would be Iran? I guess there is always the Russians that Alaska is keeping an eye on.

KenH · Oct 12, 2008

Just goes to show what can happen when diplomacy is used.

billwald · Oct 13, 2008

All our old enemies are becoming preferred trading partners. When's the last time a Cuban soldier killed an American? When we invaded them?

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