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Crisis

Grows

Mattis:

North Korea Threat Would Bring Massive Response

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, left, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, right, speaks to members of the media outside the West Wing of the
White House in Washington, Sunday, Sept. 3, 2017, regarding the escalating crisis in North Korea’s nuclear threats. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
By ROBERT BURNS at North Korea’s claimed — a response both effec- a veiled warning to China, general he picked to over-
CATHERINE LUCEY test of a hydrogen bomb tive and overwhelming.” and faulted South Korea for see the Pentagon came as
Associated Press with a blunt threat, say- Earlier, President Donald its “talk of appeasement.” the Trump administration
WASHINGTON (AP) — De- ing the U.S. will answer any Trump threatened to halt The tough talk from Amer- searched for a response to
fense Secretary Jim Mat- threat from the North with a all trade with countries do- ica’s commander in chief the escalating crisis.
tis on Sunday shot back “massive military response ing business with the North, and the retired Marine Continued on Page 2
Caribbean Islands Begin Preparations for Hurricane Irma

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Is- ish Virgin Islands. The U.S. National storm should hit, including clean- to bring heavy rains, rough surf
lands at the eastern end of the Hurricane Center said the center ing drains and removing objects and high winds to islands along
Caribbean Sea made prepara- of the storm could near that re- that could be sent airborne by the northern edge of the Antilles.
tions Sunday for approaching Hur- gion late Tuesday. It said islands high winds. The U.S. hurricane center said Irma
ricane Irma, which could threaten farther north, including the U.S. Vir- “The passage of a hurricane is not had maximum sustained winds
the area Tuesday. gin Islands and Puerto Rico, should a matter to be taken lightly, but of 115 mph (185 kph) on Sunday.
Hurricane watches were posted monitor the progress of the storm. we must not panic,” Browne said It was centered about 790 miles
for Antigua and Barbuda, Anguil- Antigua’s prime minister, Gaston in a statement. (1,275 kilometers) east of the Lee-
la, Monserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Browne, urged people to take The Antigua and Barbuda weath- ward Islands and moved west-
Martin, Guadeloupe and the Brit- preventative measures in case the er service said Irma was expected ward at 14 mph (22 kph).q