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| Carter goes to North Korea |
| 2010-08-24 |
| The former president is planning to leave for North Korea on Tuesday in hopes of securing the release of an American man who was put behind bars for illegally entering the communist nation, according to U.S. officials. The country agreed to free 31-year-old Aijalon Mahli Gomes if Carter came to retrieve him. The Boston resident was teaching English in South Korea, but was sent to eight years in a hard labor camp and fined $700,000 on Jan. 25 for allegedly crossing into North Korea and for an unspecified "hostile act." Well, he's not a chick, so you know Clinton wasn't gonna go pick him up... |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #8 after 2011 Looks like numbnutz wouldn't mind a second term after all .... |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-08-24 23:57 |
| #7 EX-POTUS JIMBO versus * TOPIX > US MARINES: OBAMA AFGHAN WITHDRAWAL BOLSTER'S ENEMY. * SAME > US: NO HANDOVER OF SOUTH AFGHANISTAN SECURITY FOR A FEW MORE YEARS [after 2011]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-08-24 22:51 |
| #6 Prisoner exchange is it? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-08-24 22:14 |
| #5 I think the NKors want cash (about $700k according to one report) I don't know what rice is on the world market but assuming .50/pound, 100 tons would be $100k which is close. |
| Posted by: lord garth 2010-08-24 17:09 |
| #4 1. Would the NorKs consider it an act of war if we insisted they keep him? 2. Do we care? |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-08-24 14:43 |
| #3 We'll give the North 100 tons of rice if they keep him! Hell, we'll even throw in a spherical detonator if it helps. |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-08-24 14:21 |
| #2 We'll give the North 100 tons of rice if they keep him! |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2010-08-24 12:30 |
| #1 Carter goes to North Korea Yay! Oh wait, he wants to return? Damn... |
| Posted by: Parabellum 2010-08-24 11:32 |