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South Korea Approves Dispatch of Non-Combat Troops to Iraq | |
2003-04-02 | |
South Korean lawmakers on Wednesday authorized the dispatch of non-combat troops to support the U.S.-led war on Iraq. The decision by the National Assembly came hours after President Roh Moo-hyun said the deployment would strengthen the U.S.-South Korean alliance, thereby helping to peacefully resolve the nuclear standoff with North Korea. The one-house National Assembly voted amid anti-war sentiment in South Korea and concerns that the United States might eventually attack North Korea. Outside parliament, hundreds of anti-war activists waved "Stop the War" signs as they kicked, punched and hurled water bottles at riot police. Pacifists the world over again show the same quirkily ironic sense of humour... Police beat them back with plastic shields. At least two demonstrators were injured, blood streaming down their faces.
Someone's been teaching this man the noble art of perennial French defence policy. "The United States will not deal with the North's nuclear issue unilaterally," Roh said. LOL Kimmy might do, though. | |
Posted by:Bulldog |