US Says Iraq Remains Bigger Threat than DPRK

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US Says Iraq Remains Bigger Threat than DPRK

US Deputy Secretary Of State Richard Armitage said Tuesday that the Bush administration still considers Iraq as a more immediate threat than the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

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US Deputy Secretary Of State Richard Armitage said Tuesday that the Bush administration still considers Iraq as a more immediate threat than the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

Iraqi President Saddam Hussein wants to "intimidate, dominate, and attack," Armitage told a Senate Foreign Relations Committee meeting, while DPRK leader "Kim Jong Il wants economic relief."

Armitage gave two other reasons why he thinks the Iraqi situation is more pressing: the United States has been struggling with Baghdad for 12 years instead of just months and the Korean Peninsula has been a relatively stable region.

He said Saddam may have been interrupted from getting nuclear weapons because of the Gulf War and the Iraqi leader's possible "intersections with various and sundry terrorist groups" have sparked "real fear."

Armitage said that face-to-face meetings between Washington andPyongyang will take place over the dispute centered on DPRK's nuclear program, but no timeline has been set.

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