| Nkorea says treat is excuse for war spending { February 8 2002 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active) http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_1808000/1808976.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_1808000/1808976.stm
Friday, 8 February, 2002, 10:51 GMT N Korea says US is 'empire of the devil'
North Korea - named by US President George Bush as part of an "axis of evil" - has described the US as the "empire of the devil". The official North Korean news agency said Mr Bush was using the threat supposedly posed by North Korea as a pretext for a huge increase in defence spending.
Earlier this week, Mr Bush presented Congress with a $2,000bn budget, which represents the biggest military build-up since the fall of the Soviet Union.
From the newsroom of the BBC World Service
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