http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/dprk/index.html


http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/military_law/4208958.html

breakdown:

Popular Mechanics has an in-depth report (which is paraphrased from the globalsecurity one, which in turn I think is much more reliable) on North Korea's biological and chemical weapons stock, which has been developed in secret and has gone largely unnoticed amidst the country's nuke threat. From the article: 'North Korea's Chemical and Bioweapons (CBW) program appears to be modeled on that of the former Soviet Union, which covertly constructed a massive biological weapons infrastructure within the shell of a civilian research organization called Biopreparat. Inside Biopreparat, the Soviets developed deadly agents that included weaponized forms of anthrax and pneumonic plague. Intelligence reports from the United States and South Korea list anthrax, smallpox, pneumonic plague, cholera and botulism toxins as leading components of North Korea's bioweapons projects.'


"My hands were shaking after reading this letter," said Kofi Anan. "I mean, this is a REALLY harsh letter. I think North Korea will disarm by the end of the year. My only concern is that it is too strong. We only want North Korea to disarm. This letter might cause them to surrender their entire country to France. The letter is really that strongly worded. I'm shaking even now just thinking about it." -- Slashdot.com

Funny that this hasn't made the headlines of any larger medias... But what do you all think the US should do? They and South Korea are after all suffering the greatest threat - SK directly, and US if Kim Jong Il starts selling stuff to terrorists. Would it be ok to take concrete action with / without a UN mandate? Is it even possible that the UN will take concrete action? Too bad all the US guys are busy in Iraq... Nice strategic move, dubya