FoxNews reported this weekend: U.S.: Al-Qaddafi Eager to End Weapons Programs.

President Bush said the downfall of Saddam Hussein and U.S. efforts to crack down on North Korea's pursuit of weapons helped influence al-Qaddafi's decision...

Priorities & Frivolities points out someone not affiliated with the administration who has a similar assessment.

Ashton B. Carter, an assistant secretary of defense under President Clinton who is now co-director of the Harvard-Stanford Preventive Defense Project, agreed that Iraq was a turning point in convincing Colonel Qaddafi to give up his weapons.

"One certainly hopes that what we did in Iraq put countries like Libya on notice that we're really serious about countering proliferation," said Mr. Carter, who has been advising [Howard] Dean. [Emphasis added.]

What does this mean for Iran and North Korea? The Sunday Herald (Scotland) reports: Libya's fatal blow to axis of evil (Via InstaPundit).

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi took the decision to renounce all weapons of mass destruction (WMD) on Friday night, but while at first it was thought this only had implications for Libya it is now clear that his decision has scuppered a secret partnership between Libya, Iran and North Korea formed with the intention of developing an independent nuclear weapon.

New documents revealed yesterday show that the three were working on the nuclear weapons programme at a top-secret underground site near the Kufra Oasis of the Sahara in southeastern Libya. The team was made up of North Korean scientists, engineers and technicians, as well as some Iranian and Libyan nuclear scientists.

핵무기 위협, 국제 테러, 대량학살무기, 인권말살, 마약밀매, 위조지폐, 일인독재, 살인기근, 엑소더스, 홀로코스트, 이 모든 끔찍한 말들 뒤에는 북한의 김정일이란 살인마가 도사리고 있습니다. 후세인이 잡히고 가다피가 항복했는데, 김정일은 엊그제, 자신은 무슨 일이 있어도 핵무기는 포기할 수 없다고 발악을 합니다. 김정일을 쥐구멍으로 몰아넣기 위해서는, 그래서 북한동포 2천3백만을 기아와 공포에서 구하고, 김정일을 돕는 남한 친북세력을 막으려면, 위에 실린 만화를 더 많은 사람들에게 읽혀야 합니다. 새해에 복많이 받으시기 빕니다.                                                       

                                                                  <美.인권운동가 남신우>

A friend of mine sent me the cartoon from Cox and Forkum about the Axis of Evil. Behind the words like nuclear threat, international terror, weapons of mass destruction, human rights violation, illegal drugs, counterfeit money, tyrannical dictatorship, murderous famine, mass exodus, and holocaust, we find the name of Kim Jong-il. Hessein has been captured, and Gaddafi surrendered to the U.S. However, Kim Jong-il, only the day before yesterday, screamed that he would never give up his nuclear weapons. In order to save the 23 million North Koreans from horror and famine, and in order to block the current South Korean government which favor unification with Kim Jong-il, we must circulate this cartoon among as many people as we can. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Sincerely, Sin-U Nam