Including the rare Korean cuckoo bird (Cuculus turnerii)
Posted on 11/18/2005 8:28:51 AM PST by libs_kma
a peace park on the DMZ?
Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! LOL
Semper Fi,
Kelly
Including the rare Korean cuckoo bird (Cuculus turnerii)
Like I can see what this atheist is up to: "Ted Turner Park of Peace" Blooey!
I like his idea. I say we bronze him and stick him in the center of the park, squatting on all fours, no clothes, mouth in a little "O" configuration howling in the direction of the moon.
...to prevent the NorKorComs from drilling for oil there?
Cool!
We oughta build one of those along our southern border!
pong
How about we keep the DMZ as a DMZ?
Until reunification, the South will need protection from the North. Ted Turner is afflicted with magical thinking, because he figures if he builds a nice park, suddenly the idiot Commies in the North will suddenly become peaceful and give up their designs on the rest of the Penninsula.
If you are a South Korean, landmines are your friend.
We ought to build one of those along the border between Syria and Iraq. Just abandon any habitation within five miles of the border and notify everybody on both sides of the border that any Wedding Parties in the zone will be attacked by A-10s on sight.
Perhaps Tedley should sell all his land in the US (Montana, was it?) and just buy the DMZ and turn it into his own private nature preserve.
Where he can go frolic with the native wildlife...
Story Range
"Story Range is located two miles south of the Demilitarized Zone. The range has been used for about 30 years. U.S. forces use Story Range about 75 percent of the time, with South Korean soldiers using the balance. The range is used for mortar, grenade, mine, anti-tank missile and artillery practice. Story Range is the smallest impact area used by the US Army. Multiple targets are in a 500m X 500m area less than 1 km from the southern edge of the DMZ.
South Korean farmers see the range as valuable soil, frequently planting crops near the range, despite warnings to stay away. The range is a typical example of how South Korea’s population has encroached on once-rural training areas.
In 1996 and 1998, unexploded ordnance killed two Korean civilians who had entered the range to look for scrap metal. Unexploded munitions and live-fire exercises make the area dangerous. Unexploded ordnance in that area presents a very real and significant danger to anyone walking in the impact area. This danger is greatly amplified if someone is planting or harvesting crops.
The South Korean Army supervises farming. Farmers must have a pass to cross any of the three bridges, guarded by South Korean soldiers, leading to the range. Normally, range control officials and Army explosive ordnance disposal teams would clear munitions from the impact area annually. But the impact area at Story Range is swampy, and teams can only look for duds on the surface. Additionally, the entire area just south of the DMZ is rife with mines. Many are newer mines laid by the South Korean Army as part of the DMZ defense. But there are unmarked mine fields, and monsoon rains shift mines around. Korean contractors and 8th Army personnel have uncovered about 30 mines while putting in fence posts.
In June 2001, USFK and the South Korean Defense Ministry agreed to put a fence around the range by January 2004. USFK lobbied the South Korean government to allow fencing of the entire range more quickly so no one is hurt. To protect the farmers, USFK has erected a three-strand barbed wire fence with metal gates and posted danger signs, in English and Korean, to clearly mark the impact area. USFK erected a barbed-wire fence after farmers ignored warning signs in English and Korean to stay out of the impact area. The barbed-wire fence angered farmers, but they continued in 2001 to raise crops on other sections of the range.
In April 2004, the ROK told Landmine Monitor that 91 million square meters of land are mined.[18] In September 2003, the Ministry of National Defense provided a document to the National Assembly’s National Defense Committee indicating a total of 34.1 pyong (112.5 million square meters) of mined land, including 27.5 million pyong (90.7 million square meters) of unconfirmed mined areas and 6.6 million pyong (21.8 million square meters) of confirmed mined areas.[19] In October 2000, the Ministry of National Defense gave a much larger figure, stating that 1,368 million square meters of land are mined in the DMZ and CCZ.[20]
The number of mines laid is officially estimated at 1.1 to 1.2 million, making the DMZ and CCZ one of the most heavily mined areas in the world.[21] In September 2003, the Ministry of National Defense told the National Assembly the total in identified areas is estimated at 1,083,000 mines
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