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China-Japan-Koreas
NorKs threaten war if UN blames it for ship sinking
2010-07-08
SEOUL, July 7 (Yonhap) -- North Korea threatened Wednesday to wage a "death-defying war" if the United Nations Security Council adopts any statement that blames the communist state for the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship in March.

The warning comes as the 15-member Council is debating a South Korean request for a statement that condemns the North for the Yellow Sea sinking that killed 46 South Korean sailors.

Should a Council statement blame Pyongyang in any way for the sinking, the North's "military and people will view it as a grave act of infringement on our national dignity and will not hesitate to wage a death-defying war to defend sovereignty," the North's Committee for the Peaceful Unification of the Fatherland said.

The committee that handles inter-Korean affairs apparently targeted South Korea and the United States in its statement released through the official Korean Central News Agency.

North Korea has already threatened an "all-out war" if it is sanctioned or punished for the sinking. The communist country has disputed the veracity of the South Korea-led probe and demands that Seoul accept an inspection group from Pyongyang for verification.
Posted by:Steve White

#12  Meh.... go ahead. The ROKs will kick your ass back to China.
Darth, I always felt fairly secure flying lima-lima over an area in VN cleared by the ROKs. Not even ducks came up to intercept.
Posted by: Flapper Scourge of the Algonquins4926   2010-07-08 19:46  

#11  be hard too keep the troops a fighting when you can't feed them and they seee the other sides supply lines keep rolling in too the other camp.
Posted by: chris   2010-07-08 16:56  

#10  I am personally sick to death of a bunch of half-baked, 10th Century morons threatening me. If I were president, I would not only see to it that the NORKS were blamed for sinking the Cheonan, but that I would be ready with 50-100 nukes to totally wipe their sorry a$$es from the face of the earth if they so much as made a rude gesture at the the South. As my dad taught me when I was about six, it's nice to be liked, but sometimes it takes putting the fear of God into someone before they'll quit being a pain in the butt. It's better to be feared than to be treated with contempt, something Obumble hasn't learned yet.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2010-07-08 14:38  

#9  And you may ask yourself, "If Nork isn't blamed, will they not threaten war in the future?"
Posted by: swksvolFF   2010-07-08 12:25  

#8  Meh.... go ahead. The ROKs will kick your ass back to China.
Posted by: DarthVader   2010-07-08 10:34  

#7  

I Call!
Posted by: Glomock Tojo6610   2010-07-08 10:19  

#6  While I'm on the subject, they are At War already, there was NO peace,(Hence NO Victory/Loss) just a Face saving Armistice.(Cease Fire).

Translation, "We're Losing" DO SOMETHING.
Like losing at checkers so just tip over the table and declare you've never been "Defeated"
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2010-07-08 09:35  

#5  Noisy gits aren't they?
Somewhere in the Communist training they get from "Dear Leader" must be the Teaching that words are more powerful than evidence.

A lie of course, but you knew that already, ALL their "Schooling" To be a perfect Slav-- excuxe me, citizen is a Pack of lies.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2010-07-08 09:27  

#4  bigjim-CA wrote "seems like it would take a lot of money."

Probably not that expensive with a workforce working for no financial gain.
Posted by: Phurt Grundy   2010-07-08 06:45  

#3  Keep an eye on the sacred DPRK lard reserves. If that seal is broken look for the Dear Flys to swam south in the centre.
Posted by: Black Bart Shick7973   2010-07-08 06:18  

#2  When you threaten 'Devastating and Humiliating Defeat' every week, it kinda loses some of the shock value.

Are they even capable of launching a major operation at this point? That seems like it would take a lot of money.
Posted by: bigjim-CA   2010-07-08 02:08  

#1  North Korea threatened Wednesday to wage a "death-defying war"

Try it. And "defy" death all you want, but some things are unavoidable.
Posted by: gorb   2010-07-08 00:59  

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