"I'm so lonely..."
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| 'US scaring voters with submarines threat': N Korea |
| 2004-10-25 |
| SEOUL: North Korea accused the United States of trying to influence voters in next month's presidential election by scaring them with reports of North Korean submarine incursions into South Korean waters. Earlier this month, South Korea launched exhaustive but fruitless search-and-destroy missions around its coast after what South Korean media reports said was a US military tip-off about two North Korean submarines. "We would like to clarify that this case itself is a fabrication and a far-fetched assertion to serve the purpose of the anti-DPRK scenario worked out by the US," the North's official KCNA news agency quoted a North Korean military spokesman as saying late on Saturday. DPRK is short for the North's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. "Through this, the present ruling quarters in the US sought to hype up the fiction of possible provocation from the DPRK in a bid to influence American voters in the run-up to the presidential election there," the spokesman said. The spokesman said the submarine report had also been intended to dramatise North Korea's failure to return for a fourth round of scheduled talks in September on its nuclear programmes. reuters |
| Posted by:Mark Espinola |
| #9 The real question is how much crack would you need to dive a Whiskey. :) |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-10-25 3:00:10 PM |
| #8 I wonder how much crack their crews have to use to submerge in a Kilo class |
| Posted by: Dreadnought 2004-10-25 1:50:44 PM |
| #7 Guess next time we should just sink 'em first, then tell the SKors about them. That way, they can't run, can't hide. I think DPRK bought two Russian "KILO" class diesel subs about eight years ago. Wonder how much crack they had to sell to buy those? |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2004-10-25 12:41:23 PM |
| #6 Lol, Mike / Big Ed! I do love Rantburg so... ;-) |
| Posted by: .com 2004-10-25 12:27:13 PM |
| #5 "I'm so lonely..." |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-10-25 12:19:45 PM |
| #4 Is that "snark" or "shark?" |
| Posted by: Mike 2004-10-25 12:08:31 PM |
| #3 Lol, Mike! The Snark Award is yours, bro! |
| Posted by: .com 2004-10-25 10:26:41 AM |
| #2 North Korea accused the United States of trying to influence voters in next month’s presidential election by scaring them with reports of North Korean submarine incursions into South Korean waters. As we all know, South Korea is a vital swing state, and both sides are working hard to win over the undecided "merchant convoy mom" vote. The latest NYT/CBS/Zogby/Opinion Dynamics/CNN/Fox/M-O-U-S-E poll has Bush +3 over Kerry, with a margin of error of . . . . |
| Posted by: Mike 2004-10-25 10:00:30 AM |
| #1 Gawd, we're devious! *applause* |
| Posted by: .com 2004-10-25 6:41:59 AM |