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Team Turk on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 2:12:05 PM
From United Press International:
White House spokesman Tony Snow said Tuesday it's possible North Korea blew up a weapon it has had for years in Monday's claimed nuclear test.
Snow told the daily Washington press briefing there was speculation going back a decade about whether Pyongyang had nuclear devices, perhaps as many as eight.
"The fact is there was a lot of -- that was a mere hypothetical. It was the case where there was a lot of speculation," Snow said.
Snow said experts have yet to determine whether Monday's seismic incident in North Korea was a nuclear explosion.
"We don't know. That is one of the reasons why it has been very difficult for anybody at this juncture, and this would include all of our allies, to assess precisely what took place the other day," he said.
The goal, Snow said, is to make sure "the end number of nukes they (the North Koreans) have is zero, and that the nuclear capability gets zeroed out, as well."