NORTH KOREA FIRES MISSILES

From the story: The launches appeared to be an effort by North Korea and its reclusive leader, Kim Jong Il, to get the attention of the United States with a trademark bit of stagecraft and timing, said Michael O'Hanlon, a military affairs analyst at the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank. "Doing this on the Fourth of July was probably irresistible to them," he said.
USA Today

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