North Korea Video Shows US City in Flames After Missile Attack

Guardian ^ | Tuesday 5 February 2013 | Justin McCurry

[nickcarraway]

YouTube video shows city ablaze in scenes reminiscent of 9/11, as South Korea claims nuclear test imminent in Pyongyang

It begins benignly enough, with an image of a sleeping young North Korean man, and a genteel piano version of the US feel-good pop anthem We Are the World providing the musical backdrop.

But the YouTube video recently posted by Uriminzokkiri, North Korea's official website, quickly takes a more sinister turn as the man's dream continues into the realms of Stalinist fantasy.

Within seconds he is aboard a space shuttle, launched into orbit by the same type of rocket the North successfully launched in December. The shuttle orbits Earth, at one point passing over a jubilant and reunified Korean peninsula, before the focus switches to an unidentified city draped in the Stars and Stripes.

What appear to be missiles rain down on the city, setting fire to high-rise buildings in scenes reminiscent of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York.

"Somewhere in the United States, black clouds of smoke are billowing," the Korean-language caption says. "It seems that the nest of wickedness is ablaze."

The ease with which the North's dozing pilot circumnavigates the planet owes more to North Korea's ability in visual special effects than the reality of its space programme.

But the video, which has received a relatively modest 38,000 views since it was uploaded at the weekend, is a timely reminder of the growing threat posed by the regime's ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programmes.

[onyx]

I’ve seen this and I’m not amused, NOT with the Marxist in power.

[GeronL]

would be enjoyable if they had chosen San Fransicko

[bigheadfred]

would be enjoyable if they had chosen San Fransicko

Ain't there enough flaming going on there already?

[GeronL]

lolz

[max americana]

This is isn’t news. Head right now to the South side of Chicago or East St Louis and simply bring your marshmallows.

[EEGator]

It’s from a video game...Modern Warfare 3

[bigheadfred]

I’ve gotten to the point I don’t want to travel.

[Forward the Light Brigade]

They should know that 30 minutes after a strike that hits the USA all of North Korea will be a burning wasteland unable to support life for a hundred years. If Obama attempted to not respond he would be pulled from the white House by angry mobs of Americans—and a Junta would rule until the next election.