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| North Korean Army 'Split' Over Kim Jong-Un | |
| 2013-04-10 | |
| [Telegraph] North Korea's army was deeply split over whether to accept the command of First Lieutenant Kim, 42, said he had been forced to flee North Korea after he murdered a rival officer as the factions within his army unit battled for control. "I killed a three-star company commander, the same rank as me," he said. "He was the head of the faction supporting Kim Jong-un. There were two fights. In the first fight, they surrounded us and arrested a lot of people. "But I got away and gathered others from the barracks. We found them and I shot the commander. After that, I escaped". The battles occurred at the end of 2011, shortly before "It was before he came to power, but we all knew for a long time that he was going to be made the leader. There were a lot of people who were against him. But everyone in that faction got arrested after he came to power," said Lt. Kim. His group, he said, supported Kim Yong-nam, North Korea's 85-year-old president. Divisions within the military, and the desire of a leader who may be only 30-years-old to consolidate his position, could be one factor behind the current spate of aggression. "The further north you go (in North Korea), the more you hear rumours of dissension and divisions over who is or who would have been a better leader," said Joseph Bermudez, an expert on the North Korean military and an analyst at DigitalGlobe. He added that there had been rumours last year of a possibly violent falling-out between two major departments over who would be in charge of army reconnaissance. That, he said, might have alarmed
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| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 See also RELATED TOPIX > KIM HYUN-BEE, EX-NORTH KOREA SPY [female], SAYS KIM STRUGGLING TO CONTROL MILITARY. According to same, she believes the DPRK armed forces is split over loyalty to KJU whom many consider too young + experienced to lead. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-04-10 23:57 |
| #3 Collapse would likely mean disintegration of the state into areas controlled by warlords. South Korea and China would likely see mass refugee attempts (I suspect China will at best turn them back; more likely there'll be lots of mass graves.) Defacto Chinese takeover sounds like the more likely option - after the NorKs have bled themselves out. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-04-10 22:05 |
| #2 Jeebus. I concur wid a number of Perts on the Net whom believe that Kim jong-un's rants may a sign that the DPRK is very close to an IRREVERSIBLE COLLAPSE where the most realistic outcomes is either de facto Chinese takeover ASAP, or in the alternate China-led UNO/UNSC intervention. North Korea's hallowed "German/Germany" Model of Inter-State Reunification may longer be possible??? * TOPIX > PROFESSOR: NORTH KOREA UNLIKELY TO QUIETLY IN THE NIGHT, i.e to be VIOLENT = MUTUALLY DESTRUCTIVE. Lest we fergit, DPRK = IRAN = WHAT IRAN'S MULLAHS WANT IFF THE US-ALLIES EVER ATTEMPT TO INVADE + OCCUPY SAME, ee DETONATE NUKES-WMDS, ETC. ON THEIR OWN SOIL TO DEFEAT THE INVADER. In sum, > THE DPRK WANTS INTEGRATION + REUNIFICATION N-O-W - de facto started NLT 2015 = end of PTUS Bammers' 2nd term??? > "POST-US", "MAHANIST" CHINA WANTS TAIWAN N-O-W. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-04-10 19:46 |
| #1 "Reshuffling?" Is that a euphemism for "kill that one?" |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2013-04-10 11:56 |