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| USFK Relocation Aimed at Surgical Strikes on NK: Rep. Roh |
| 2004-11-14 |
| Rep. Roh Hoe-chan of the progressive Democratic Labor Party (DLP) claimed Thursday the planned realignment of U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) is based on a U.S. plan to launch surgical strikes against North Korea. Speaking in a parliamentary interpellation session on security and foreign affairs, Roh asserted the plan was codenamed "OPLAN 5027-04," which was first revealed by North Korea in August when it accused the U.S. of preparing to attack the North with high-tech weapons... The first term lawmaker went on to say that OPLAN 5027-02, drawn up after the 9/11 incident, also contains a plan to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and to pre-emptively attack North Korea without consulting the South Korean government. On Sunday Japan's Kyodo News Agency reported that as part of U.S. scenario "5027," which is produced every two years, 25 jet bombers flew simulated missions at an air force base in North Carolina to drop mock nuclear bombs on a firing range in Florida between January and June 1998... |
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