Mar. 30, 2003
N. Korea Cites Iraq in Nixing Compromise
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SEOUL, South Korea
North Korea on Saturday pointed to the weapons inspections that preceded the war in Iraq as a reason not to compromise in its own standoff with the United States.
Iraq invited its "miserable fate" by opening its weapons facilities to U.N. inspectors, the North's main state-run newspaper said. North Korea, it added, will not make the same mistake.
"It is clear that the destiny of Iraq is at stake due to its concession and compromise," the Rodong Sinmun newspaper said.
North Korea "would have already met the same miserable fate as Iraq's had it ... accepted the demand raised by the imperialists and its followers for 'nuclear inspection' and disarmament."
N. Korea Cites Iraq in Nixing Compromise
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SEOUL, South Korea
North Korea on Saturday pointed to the weapons inspections that preceded the war in Iraq as a reason not to compromise in its own standoff with the United States.
Iraq invited its "miserable fate" by opening its weapons facilities to U.N. inspectors, the North's main state-run newspaper said. North Korea, it added, will not make the same mistake.
"It is clear that the destiny of Iraq is at stake due to its concession and compromise," the Rodong Sinmun newspaper said.
North Korea "would have already met the same miserable fate as Iraq's had it ... accepted the demand raised by the imperialists and its followers for 'nuclear inspection' and disarmament."
