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Seoul:UNSC measure similar to G-8 statement on Norks would be acceptable
2010-06-30
From nothing to nothing ...
SEOUL, June 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will find acceptable a U.N. Security Council measure on North Korea similar to the statement issued by G-8 leaders last week that condemns the attack on a South Korean warship without naming North Korea as the culprit, a high-ranking source here said Tuesday.
Something with a lot of commas and subclauses, but written entirely in passive voice.
At the end of their two-day summit in Muskoka, north of Toronto, on Saturday, the G-8 leaders said they "deplore the attack on March 26 that caused the sinking of the Republic of Korea's naval vessel, the Cheonan, resulting in the tragic loss of 46 lives." The statement, which called for "appropriate measures" against those responsible for the attack, does not directly blame North Korea. Russia, a stronger backer of North Korea, reportedly opposed making the direct link, citing a lack of concrete evidence.
Other than the sunken ship ...
... and pieces of the torpedo...
The source said it was not clear whether the Security Council will issue a presidential statement or a resolution on Pyongyang. Regardless of the form, the outcome would be acceptable if the language is comparable with that of the G-8 statement, he said.

The statement took note of the conclusions by the investigation team that the North was responsible for the attack, the source said. "The statement specifically refers to the conclusion and condemned the attack in that context," he said. "Anyone could easily see that the leaders condemned North Korea."
Which is why they didn't say so. Obviously.
He added that there was "some consensus" within the Security Council that the attack on the warship should be condemned. "The contentious issue at hand is whether to specifically name North Korea," he said.

Later in the day, North Korea criticized the G-8 statement, saying its purpose is political.
Right on time ...
"We vehemently and totally refute the declaration adopted at the G-8 summit held in Canada on June 25 and 26 in which its participants pulled up the DPRK, though indirectly, referring to south Korea's "results of investigation" into the "Cheonan" case," said an unidentified North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman in an English-language dispatch carried by the North's Korean Central News Agency.

"Heads of state of G-8, however, hastily handled the case in a deliberate manner only to prove that they sought a sinister political purpose," the spokesman said.
Posted by:Steve White

#4  Here you go, Glenmore. Joe's way of giving you a link is WORLDTRIBUNE > ANALYSTS: CHINA MAY HAD KNOWN BEFOREHAND ABOUT THE SINKING OF THE CHEONAN. There really is such an article on the web but it looks like you have to login to read it.

China may have known beforehand about sinking of Cheonan
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2010-06-30 12:13  

#3  CHINA MAY HAD KNOWN BEFOREHAND
Interesting - got a link to that story, Joseph?
Posted by: Glenmore   2010-06-30 07:36  

#2  WORLDTRIBUNE > ANALYSTS: CHINA MAY HAD KNOWN BEFOREHAND ABOUT THE SINKING OF THE CHEONAN.

Kimmie-only, versus Kimmie + Beijing???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2010-06-30 02:30  

#1  ION, given the KIMMIE-N-MOUD LOCKSTEP,

To wit,

TOPIX > VARIOUS > ISRAEL: NEW UN SANCTIONS ON IRAN COULD LEAD TO WAR + ISRAEL: IRAN SANCTIONS COULD UNLEASH TERROR WAVE [agz Israel-Mideast].
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2010-06-30 02:08  

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