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| Kimmie springs prisoners on Bill Clinton visit |
| 2009-08-05 |
| Turning a new page in relations between Washington and Pyongyang, North Korea freed two US journalists shortly after former US president Bill Clinton met leader Kim Jong-il. The North Korean leader had issued a special pardon to the journalists, Euna Lee and Laura Ling of US media outlet Current TV, North Korea's KCNA news agency reported on Tuesday. The journalists were arrested on the North Korea-China border in March and accused of illegal entry. Last month, they were sentenced to 12 years hard labor for what North Korea called grave crimes. The North Korean news agency said Clinton passed on a verbal message from US President Barack Obama. "Kim Jong-il expressed thanks for this," KCNA said of the message. "He welcomed Clinton's visit to the DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) and had an exhaustive conversation with him. There was a wide-ranging exchange of views on matters of common concern," KCNA added. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 So now Bill Clinton has two enormously thankful asian girls to take to Haiti? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2009-08-05 22:37 |
| #7 WMF > CHINA: A STEP-BY-STEP ON HOW TO LOSE NORTH KOREA/ CHINA MUST BE WATCHFUL AND PREVENT NORTH KOREA FROM HAVING NUCLEAR WEAPONS, STRONG BILATERAL RELATIONS WID THE US. * PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > TOP ARTICLE: ENCIRCLING THE DRAGON [China]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-08-05 20:09 |
| #6 I wonder if this time it was Clinton that had to be under the desk. He sure wasn't smiling much in the pictures I saw and looked like he had a bad taste in his mouth. Not to mention Kimmie was smiling like a man that just got .... |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2009-08-05 13:27 |
| #5 Bill Clinton. Another instance of a lawyer being elected over a war hero. A spit in the face no matter what the advertisers say. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2009-08-05 12:58 |
| #4 Clinton brought a bottle of Remy Martin and a dozen roses. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2009-08-05 11:41 |
| #3 Kimmie sprang them? I thought that was Bill's job. |
| Posted by: gorb 2009-08-05 10:39 |
| #2 And to think, all of this was accomplished without the assistance of a single Arkansas State Highway Patrolman. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-08-05 07:41 |
| #1 Kim got the attention he wanted and I wonder what else he got. Bill Clinton would never have got on that airplane if the deal hadn't already been done. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2009-08-05 07:37 |