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A new American intelligence analysis of a deadly torpedo attack on a South Korean warship concludes that Kim Jong-il, the ailing leader of North Korea, must have authorized the torpedo assault, according to senior American officials who cautioned that the assessment was based on their sense of the political dynamics there rather than hard evidence.
The officials said they were increasingly convinced that Mr. Kim ordered the sinking of the ship, the Cheonan, to help secure the succession of his youngest son.
“We can’t say it is established fact,” said one senior American official who was involved in the highly classified assessment, based on information collected by many of the country’s 16 intelligence agencies. “But there is very little doubt, based on what we know about the current state of the North Korean leadership and the military.”
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will be in Beijing when the South Korean action is announced, leading a delegation of 200 American officials, including roughly half of the Obama administration’s cabinet, in an annual “strategic dialogue” with Chinese leaders on a variety of economic and political issues.
Originally posted by plumranch
Isn't intelligence wonderful!
Originally posted by andy1033
Originally posted by plumranch
Isn't intelligence wonderful!
If you have gone through i have in my life, you would know that the americans are lying about this, the intelligence services are useless. They are wrong an unbelievable amount of times, so now we have to believe. yep right.
The anglo american empire has always lied trying to murder any target they want.
Do not think for one mo, that if the intelligence community came up with this, that it means they are smart, far from it.
Originally posted by virgom129
reply to post by Awolscout
Yeah and they were right about Sadam having WMD's too.
Maybe Iran really has nuclear power, maybe syria armed Hamas.
Lets bomb the lot to be sure......
Lets bomb the lot to be sure......