US Aims To Close North Korea’s Shady ‘Office 39′ — AOL NewsWhen it comes to sanctioning rogue entities in the North Korean government, the question arises: Does one go after “Office 99,” which oversees the regime’s illicit arms smuggling?
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What Is Office 39?
Posted by War News Updates Editor on September 3rd, 2010
US Aims To Close North Korea’s Shady ‘Office 39′ — AOL News
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Posted by War News Updates Editor on September 3rd, 2010
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North Korea’s Kim Jong-il May Go Public With Dynastic Rule — Christian Science Monitor
Speculation is rampant that North Korea’s Kim Jong-il will go public with plans to name his son his heir at a rare political conference.
North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-il is expected to convene the first high-level conference of the ruling Workers’ Party in about 40 years amid widespread speculation that the world will finally get the answer to one great question:
Will Kim’s third son, Kim Jong-un, be confirmed as heir to power?
If so, he would be the third in a line that began when Kim Jong-il’s father, the late “Great Leader” Kim Il-sung, took over at the time of the founding of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in 1948.
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More News On Leadership Changes In North Korea (Maybe)
North Korea Signals Succession Plans Under Way — NPR
North Korea Preps ‘Dear’ Leader’s Mystery 20-Something Son for Rule — J.J. Gould, The Atlantic
Kim Jong Un ‘rubber-stamping dictator’? — UPI
North Korean Congress May Discuss Kim’s Successor — Bloomberg
Pyongyang’s New Leader for the Old Guard — Andrei Lankov, Wall Street Journal
Amid succession fears, Kim Jong-un rising to power — Korea Times
Posted in North Korea Tags: Christian Science Monitor, Dictator, Dynastic Rule, Gould, Heir, Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il, Korea Times, Leadership Change, Leadership Changes, North Korea, North Korean, Preps, Pyongyang, Republic Of Korea, S Republic Of Korea, Succession Plans, Upi, Wall Street Journal, Workers Party Comments OffNo U.S. Bailout For Afghanistan’s #1 Bank
Posted by War News Updates Editor on September 3rd, 2010
A security guard stands outside the main offices of Kabul Bank on September 1.Radio Free Europe
Obama Administration: No Plans for Afghan Bank Bailout — FOX News
Obama administration officials rejected a call Friday for the U.S.
Posted in World News Tags: Administration Officials, Afghan Taliban, Afghanistan News, Bank Bailout, Bank Depositors, Bank Investments, Christian Science Monitor, Fox News, Hamid Karzai, Kabul Afghanistan, Kabul Bank, Moral Hazard, Obama, Panics, Radio Free Europe, Security Guard, Shakeup, Treasury Department, U S Treasury, U S Treasury Department, Wall Street Journal Comments OffMilitary And Intelligence News Briefs — September 3, 2010
Posted by War News Updates Editor on September 3rd, 2010
Intelligence Community Exemplifies National Security System’s Broader Problems — World Politics ReviewThe Washington Post’s recent series, “Top Secret America,” depicts significant organizational challenges in the intelligence community.
Posted in World News Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Denver Post, Economic Dependence, F 22 Raptor, Intelligence Community, Intelligence News, Intelligence System, Mcclatchy News, Mexican Drug Cartel, military and intelligence news briefs, Military Drills, National Security System, News Briefs, Organizational Challenges, Public Intelligence, Strike Group, Uk Germany, Uss Abraham Lincoln, Vertical Attitude, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post Comments OffRun At The Kabul Bank Alarms Everyone. U.S. Treasury Being Asked To Bail Them Out
Posted by War News Updates Editor on September 2nd, 2010
Afghan customers inside the main branch of the weakened Kabul Bank, whose losses might exceed $300 million. Adam Ferguson for The New York Times
Afghans Pull Money From Troubled Kabul Bank — L.A Times
Officials say the bank is safe despite reports of massive losses.
Reporting from New Delhi and Kabul, Afghanistan — Afghans on Thursday rushed to withdraw their savings from troubled Kabul Bank despite attempts by officials to reassure nervous depositors that their money was safe.
But the scramble, which followed U.S.
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