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Bush for pre-emptive strikes

WASHINGTON JAN. 26. The U.S. President, George Bush, has signed a top secret directive authorising pre-emptive strikes against nations close to acquiring nuclear weapons. The directive, okayed last May, authorised the Pentagon and the CIA to launch such strikes, Time magazine said, adding the Energy Department's nuclear weapons experts are ``training Special Operations Group personnel in attacking nuclear facilities.'' But the magazine said, "in the current crisis with North Korea, the U.S. so far is committed to diplomacy to pressure Pyongyang to give up atomic weapons programme". — PTI

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