North Korea threatens to nuke Hawaii
Due to reduced tax bases, many communities will forego their traditional 4th of July fireworks celebrations, but if North Korea’s Kim Jong Il follows through successfully on his threat, Hawaii will not be one of them. On 18 June, Kim Jong Il threatened to fire a Taepodong-2, long-range missile tipped with a nuclear warhead at Hawaii according to Yomiuri Daily, Japan’s most popular newspaper.
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