North Korea warns U.S. forces of "destruction" ahead of war drills

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North Korea warns U.S. forces of "destruction" ahead of war drills



SEOUL | Sat Feb 23, 2013 2:13am EST

(Reuters) - North Korea on Sunday warned the top U.S. military commander stationed in South Korea that his forces would "meet a miserable destruction" if they go ahead with scheduled military drills with South Korean troops, North Korean state media said.

Pak Rim-su, chief delegate of the North Korean military mission to the inter-Korean truce village of Panmunjom, gave the message by phone to Gen. James Thurman, the commander of the U.S. Forces Korea, KCNA news agency said.

It came amid escalating tension on the divided Korean peninsula after the North's third nuclear test earlier this month, in defiance of U.N. resolutions, drew harsh international condemnation.

A direct message from the North's Panmunjom mission to the U.S. commander is rare.

North and South Korea are technically still at war after their 1950-53 conflict ended in a truce, not a peace treaty.

The U.S.-South Korean Combined Forces Command is holding an annual computer-based simulation war drill, Key Resolve, from March 11 to 25, involving 10,000 South Korean and 3,500 U.S. troops.

The command also plans to hold Foal Eagle joint military exercises involving land, sea and air manoeuvres. About 200,000 Korean troops and 10,000 U.S. forces are expected to be mobilized for the two month-long exercise which starts on March 1.

"If your side ignites a war of aggression by staging the reckless joint military exercises...at this dangerous time, from that moment your fate will be hung by a thread with every hour," Pak was quoted as saying.

"You had better bear in mind that those igniting a war are destined to meet a miserable destruction."

Washington and Seoul regularly hold military exercises which they say are purely defensive. North Korea, which has stepped up its bellicose threats towards the United States and South Korea in recent months, sees them as rehearsals for invasion.

North Korea threatened South Korea with "final destruction" during a debate at the U.N. Conference on Disarmament on Tuesday.
 
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John WAR CRIMINAL Kerry has his pulse on THE MAJOR ISSUES facing the US and the WORLD









GLOWBALL BULLSHIT:mad:
 
Why are we in Korea in the first place:confused:

S. Korea is a rich country, let them spend $700 billion on their own defense.
 
Why are we in Korea in the first place:confused:

S. Korea is a rich country, let them spend $700 billion on their own defense.

I agree

BUT

We are there....

and that's NOT the point!

BTW, I want S KOREA obliterated, their STUDENTS are SCHMUCKS, they deserve the North
 
S. Korea is a rich country, let them spend $700 billion on their own defense.

Except for being $16 Trillion in debt the US is flush with money.

Essentially, China is the money. The US is the muscle.

China wants this border locked down.
 
Except for being $16 Trillion in debt the US is flush with money.

Essentially, China is the money. The US is the muscle.

China wants this border locked down.

America is like the big, stupid kid on the playground that the smart kids get to fight their battles for them.
 
America is like the big, stupid kid on the playground that the smart kids get to fight their battles for them.

However, the preferred term is Playground Conflict Representative.

In the case of the Korean border the US provides just the right kind of advocacy for the right price.
 
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