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Article: U.S. Officials Anticipate More Provocations by North Korea; Military Moves Expected to Stop Short of Triggering a War
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- The Washington Post
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- March 5, 2003
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U.S. intelligence officials said yesterday that they anticipate a
continuing series of provocative acts by North Korea along the lines
of last weekend's interception of an Air Force surveillance plane by
North Korean jets, saying such moves would be aimed at pressuring the
Bush administration at a time when it is preparing for a possible war
with Iraq.
As in the air encounter over the Sea of Japan, the officials said
they expect that North Korea will seek to stop short of crossing any
red lines that could lead to war. But the intelligence officials
warned in an interview that such lines are hard to define, and raised
the prospect that a miscalculation or accident could result in ...