NKorea warns US of 'thousand-fold' military action

Dantheman62 · 06-17-2009, 05:28 AM

I know, I know, more hot air from the half pint, LOL, but it's news so take what you want and leave the rest!

By HYUNG-JIN KIM, Associated Press Writer Hyung-jin Kim, Associated Press Writer – 17 mins ago

SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea warned Wednesday of a "thousand-fold" military retaliation against the U.S. and its allies if provoked, the latest threat in its drumbeat of rhetoric in defense of its rogue nuclear program.

The warning, carried by the North's state media, came hours after President Barack Obama declared North Korea a "grave threat" to the world and pledged that new U.N. sanctions on the communist regime will be aggressively enforced.

Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak met in Washington on Tuesday for a landmark summit in which they agreed to build a regional and global "strategic alliance" to persuade North Korea to dismantle all its nuclear weapons.

Pyongyang claims its nuclear bombs are a deterrence against the United States and accuses Washington of plotting with Seoul to topple its secretive regime, led by unpredictable dictator Kim Jong Il, who is reportedly preparing to hand over power to his 26-year-old youngest son.

"If the U.S. and its followers infringe upon our republic's sovereignty even a bit, our military and people will launch a one hundred- or one thousand-fold retaliation with merciless military strike," the government-run Minju Joson newspaper said in a commentary.

The commentary, carried by the official Korean Central News Agency, also called Obama "a hypocrite" for advocating a nuclear-free world while making "frantic efforts" to develop new nuclear weapons at home.

"The nuclear program is not the monopoly of only the U.S.," it said.

Rodong Sinmun, another state-owned newspaper, accused the U.S. of deploying new weapons in South Korea and other neighboring countries to invade the North.

"The acute situation on the Korean peninsula is calling on our military and people to further bolster our war deterrence with the high-profile national awakening," said the Rodong Sinmun commentary, also carried by KCNA.

The two papers didn't mention the Obama-Lee summit.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090617/...9yZWF3YXJuc3U-

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Dantheman62 Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: So. Cal. U.S. Posts: 4,205	NKorea warns US of 'thousand-fold' military action I know, I know, more hot air from the half pint, LOL, but it's news so take what you want and leave the rest! By HYUNG-JIN KIM, Associated Press Writer Hyung-jin Kim, Associated Press Writer – 17 mins ago SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea warned Wednesday of a "thousand-fold" military retaliation against the U.S. and its allies if provoked, the latest threat in its drumbeat of rhetoric in defense of its rogue nuclear program. The warning, carried by the North's state media, came hours after President Barack Obama declared North Korea a "grave threat" to the world and pledged that new U.N. sanctions on the communist regime will be aggressively enforced. Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak met in Washington on Tuesday for a landmark summit in which they agreed to build a regional and global "strategic alliance" to persuade North Korea to dismantle all its nuclear weapons. Pyongyang claims its nuclear bombs are a deterrence against the United States and accuses Washington of plotting with Seoul to topple its secretive regime, led by unpredictable dictator Kim Jong Il, who is reportedly preparing to hand over power to his 26-year-old youngest son. "If the U.S. and its followers infringe upon our republic's sovereignty even a bit, our military and people will launch a one hundred- or one thousand-fold retaliation with merciless military strike," the government-run Minju Joson newspaper said in a commentary. The commentary, carried by the official Korean Central News Agency, also called Obama "a hypocrite" for advocating a nuclear-free world while making "frantic efforts" to develop new nuclear weapons at home. "The nuclear program is not the monopoly of only the U.S.," it said. Rodong Sinmun, another state-owned newspaper, accused the U.S. of deploying new weapons in South Korea and other neighboring countries to invade the North. "The acute situation on the Korean peninsula is calling on our military and people to further bolster our war deterrence with the high-profile national awakening," said the Rodong Sinmun commentary, also carried by KCNA. The two papers didn't mention the Obama-Lee summit. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090617/...9yZWF3YXJuc3U-