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Iraq has also placed Ababil-50 and Ababil-100 missiles north of Baghdad.

Even without nuclear weapons and long-range missiles, North Korean artillery could flatten South Korea's cities, devastate its economy and kill large numbers of its citizens.

Only the fixed launchers for their longer-range missiles north of the Litani river appear to have been much damaged.Not by bombs aloneIsrael was hoping, through its use of air power in Lebanon, not just to hammer an irregular guerrilla force; it was also seeking to put pressure on the Lebanese government and others to disarm Hizbullah and secure its southern border.

BAGHDAD, April 21 -- Insurgents shot down a helicopter with a heat-seeking missile north of the Iraqi capital Thursday, killing all six American security contractors and five others on board, according to U.S. officials and insurgents.

PAGE A6 NORTH KOREA TESTS MISSILES North Korea test-fired short-range missiles off its western coast, threatened to slow down its promised disabling of nuclear weapons facilities and accused South Korea of sending warships across a disputed border.

Saudi Arabia intercepted and destroyed a "ballistic missile" north-east of the capital, Riyadh, on Saturday after it was launched from Yemen, Saudi state media reported.

Here are the missiles North Korea just showed off, one by one.

All previous such missiles North Korea had launched flew only a short distance, making those flights too brief to be called successful, according to South Korean officials.

Mr. Kim made no mention in his latest remarks of dismantling the nuclear weapons and long-range missiles North Korea has already built.

"By launching the missiles, North Korea wants to put pressure on South Korea and the United States," said Baek Seung-joo, an analyst at the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses in Seoul.

In terms of missiles, North Korea has signaled that it is willing to negotiate a ban on the sale of ballistic missiles and on the production of medium- and long-range missiles.