Posted on 05/12/2015 7:32:44 PM PDT by smokingfrog
N. Korea has executed its defence chief on treason charges, Seoul's National Intelligence Service was quoted as telling lawmakers, in the latest of a series of high-level purges since Kim Jong Un took power after his father's death in 2011.
Hyon Yong Chol, who heads the isolated country's military, was purged and then executed by firing squad with an antiaircraft gun, watched by hundreds of people, South Korean media reported on Wednesday, citing the NIS's comments to a parliamentary panel.
Hyon, who spoke at a security conference in Moscow in April, was said to have shown disrespect to Kim by dozing off at a military event, media said, citing the agency briefing.
The execution comes after South Korea's spy agency said late last month that Kim ordered the execution of 15 senior officials this year as punishment for challenging his authority.
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I got up close and personal with a SHILKA (ZSU-23) at Armed Forces Day in Havana in 1996.
Climbing the ladder is ok, just don't fall asleep while you are climbing it.
:-)
just a reminder to everyone how evil this regime is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axe_murder_incident
I don’t believe this.
There’s urban legends like this about every dictator.
David Petraeus says:
WWHHAATTT!?!?
Like father, like son,like grandson.
generations of evil.
It’s a line from the movie.
You have to give it to dough boy. He knows how to kill with style.
BOy if he continue he going be so roaney
Hey that one guy got off with Harvey Korman
Love that movie LOL!
Whatever happened to the Popular Front?
Not to worry. Plenty more where he came from.
http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130124090131-01-nk-0124-story-top.jpg
I got the idea from an old straight to video movie from the late 80’s early 90’s called “The Beast”
lol. i couldn’t find its history on google :)
Funny that on the case it just says “The Beast” yet in IMDB it’s this:
The Beast of War
http://imdb.com/rg/an_share/title/title/tt0094716/
Go figure...
Thanks. Sounds intense. I am going to watch it. I don’t understand what happened in that war. The Soviets had no rules like we did.
was the enemy that tough? it always seems like arabs cant fight a dam. Like the 10 year war between iran/Iraq which no one won, then we defeated Iraq in a few weeks.
Well the Soviets lost mostly because of their rigid doctrine where everything is centrally planned at Stavka (Russian equivalent of the Pentagon). Not even their army or division commanders can break from a plan not even to exploit an opportunity without having full approval from Stavka.
He will end up executing everyone around him, then he will have to commit suicide to finish the job. The little pipsqueak.
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