And then the North knifed 'em:
"N. Korea rebuffs UN talks on ship sinking" by Associated Press | June 28, 2010
SEOUL — North Korea said yesterday that it has rejected a proposal by the American-led UN Command to hold military talks on the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship blamed on Pyongyang....
The dispatch said North Korea is willing to hold high-level military talks with South Korea only if Seoul allows North Korean inspectors to verify the investigation results.
An official at Seoul’s Defense Ministry said it has no intention of accepting North Korean inspectors.
Why not?
The sinking has raised tensions significantly on the peninsula, but CIA Director Leon E. Panetta dismissed the North’s recent threats.
“In the end, they always back away from the brink, and I think they’ll do that now,’’ Panetta told ABC’s “This Week.’’
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"N. Korea seeks joint probe on ship’s sinking" by Associated Press | July 1, 2010
UNITED NATIONS — North Korea, which has vehemently denied accusations that it sank a South Korean warship, is calling for a joint investigation by both Koreas “to verify objectively the truth of the incident.’’
Related: Sinking the Chances of Korean Peace
Also see: Sickening Sunday: Keeping Korea Apart
And CUI BONO?
In a letter to the Security Council dated Tuesday, North Korea’s UN Ambassador Sin Son-ho called for high-level military talks between the two Koreas. He also reiterated the North’s call for its own inspection team to be sent to the site of the sinking near the tense Korean sea border....
Yeah, WHAT is the PROBLEM!
TRUTH NEVER FEARS INVESTIGATION!
"N. Korea says it must boost nuclear capability; Calls US policy hostile, vows strong response" by Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press | June 29, 2010
Related: North Korea Could Start Nuclear War
SEOUL — North Korea threatened yesterday to bolster its nuclear capability in a new — though unspecified — way to cope with what it says is a hostile US policy and military threats amid tensions over the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship.
The North’s military also accused the United States and South Korea of bringing heavy weapons to the village of Panmunjom, which lies along the heavily militarized border between the Koreas, and vowed to take “strong military countermeasures’’ if they aren’t withdrawn.
Neither Washington nor Seoul had immediate comment on the accusation, though both Koreas have increased military preparedness following the sinking of the warship Cheonan.
Which means the hardware was moved closer to the border.
An international investigation concluded last month that North Korea torpedoed the vessel near the tense Korean sea border.
Well, Russia and China haven't accepted it, but....
Hey what is one more MSM distortion and obfuscation in a paper full of them?
North Korea denies the allegation and has warned that any punishment would trigger war. Forty-six South Korean sailors died in the sinking.
“The recent disturbing development on the Korean peninsula underscores the need for [North Korea] to bolster its nuclear deterrent in a newly developed way to cope with the US persistent hostile policy toward [the North] and military threat toward it,’’ the North’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
If North Korea were Israel this would not be a problem.
The statement, carried by the official Korean Central News Agency, did not elaborate on how North Korea would strengthen its nuclear capability. The North is known to have a plutonium-based atomic program and has carried out two underground nuclear explosions, one in 2006 and the other in 2009. Pyongyang is believed to have enough weaponized plutonium for at least a half-dozen weapons....
Is the next false flag attack to be blamed on them?
Wouldn't that be a waste?
Last year, Pyongyang said it was in the final stages of enriching uranium, which could provide an easier way to make nuclear bombs. Also, North Korea said in May that it had succeeded in creating a nuclear fusion reaction — a key technology necessary to manufacture a hydrogen bomb — though South Korean specialists doubt the assertion.....
Then WHY all the WAR TALK?
North Korea cites the threat of a nuclear attack from the United States as the main reason behind its drive to build atomic weapons, though the United States has repeatedly said it has no intention of launching an attack.
Well, we have seen how trustworthy the U.S. has been.
Yeah, keep your nuke, Koreans!
The North’s warning came after top world leaders at a G-8 meeting near Toronto over the weekend criticized its nuclear program. The leaders also condemned the attack that led to the sinking of the Cheonan, citing the independent report that found North Korea was responsible.
Oh, yeah: Obama Kicks Around North Korea
Acting just like his bullying predecessor.
Also yesterday, the North’s military said, “The fully armed US imperialist aggression troops and the South Korean puppet army’’ deployed heavy weapons to Panmunjom village.
It was “an indication that they are set to perpetrate a military provocation [at] any moment,’’ the North’s military said in a protest message sent to the US command in Seoul yesterday, according to a separate KCNA dispatch.
The US military said it was checking the North Korean statement. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said it cannot confirm North Korea’s assertion that weapons were brought into Panmunjom.
Translation: They are there!
Despite the tensions, Seoul officials and analysts have said major armed clashes are unlikely.
GOOD!!
Seoul’s Defense Ministry said yesterday that there has been no unusual activity by North Korean troops in border areas.
The 1950-53 Korean War ended in an armistice rather than a peace treaty. The United States stations about 28,500 troops in South Korea as a deterrent against the North.
The American-run UN Command — which oversees the armistice — said in a statement yesterday it has proposed military talks with North Korea to discuss the warship sinking but the North declined the bid. On Sunday, Pyongyang accused Washington of trying to meddle in inter-Korean affairs under the name of the UN.--more--"
The warning must have took because I have seen nothing in the Glob since.
