North Korea has hit back at U.S. President George W. Bush's State of the Union address saying it was close to "declaring a war." In its reaction to Bush’s speech an unnamed North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman warned, somewhat cryptically: "The option to 'strike' impudently advocated by the U.S. is not its monopoly." North Korea, he said, "will never tolerate the U.S. reckless attempt to stifle the (North) by force of arms but mercilessly wipe out the aggressors." Bush's comments are being seen as illustrating his determination to take a hard line on dealing with the secretive communist state and its alleged plans to develop or acquire weapons of mass destruction.

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