3/19/2005

3/19/2005

Bush Administration lied about North Korean link to nuclear arms trade

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In an effort to increase pressure on North Korea, the Bush administration told its Asian allies in briefings earlier this year that Pyongyang had exported nuclear material to Libya. That was a significant new charge, the first allegation that North Korea was helping to create a new nuclear weapons state, the Washington Post reports Sunday. Excerpts follow.