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Sick Or Dead? Kim's Korea No-Show
news.sky.com/skynews ^ | 09/09/2008 | Staff

Posted on 09/09/2008 6:50:39 PM PDT by Red Badger

North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Il has reportedly failed to appear at the country's 60th anniversary parade - amid rumours that he is seriously unwell or even dead. South Korea's military said the North had been massing weapons for days to show them off in its capital during the event. The spectacle followed a report in the South's Chosun Ilbo newspaper that the 66-year-old reclusive leader was suspected of suffering a chronic illness. He collapsed last month, the paper added, citing a South Korean diplomatic source in Beijing.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dictators; il; jong; kim; kimjongil; korea; northkorea
KIM JONG IS IL (SIC).........
1 posted on 09/09/2008 6:50:40 PM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger; TigerLikesRooster

I’ve waited YEARS to post that!...........


2 posted on 09/09/2008 6:51:44 PM PDT by Red Badger (If you're not part of the solution, then you must be part of the government............)
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To: Red Badger

I hope Maddy's black dress doesnt have any stains left over from the Clinton years. She may need it soon.

3 posted on 09/09/2008 6:56:24 PM PDT by DogBarkTree (That sharp pain to the LibRat's groin is called the Palin Effect.)
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To: Red Badger
At last, we are heading into the final act.
4 posted on 09/09/2008 6:56:41 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
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To: Red Badger

He’s as good as dead if he actually hasn’t reached that state yet.

The communists in the inner circle are already jockeying for position, and getting rid of an incapacited predecessor is part of the political process in this kind of regime.


5 posted on 09/09/2008 6:58:17 PM PDT by I_Like_Spam
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To: TigerLikesRooster

He may.............


6 posted on 09/09/2008 7:00:23 PM PDT by Red Badger (If you're not part of the solution, then you must be part of the government............)
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To: Red Badger

BBC REPORTS:...North Korean officials deny reports of Kim's death by publishing yesterdays official greeting photo of the leader in todays news

7 posted on 09/09/2008 7:01:15 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: DogBarkTree

Another community organizer passes on.....


8 posted on 09/09/2008 7:06:24 PM PDT by redstateconfidential ("Go to the mattresses")
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To: Red Badger

Who’s next in line? Might not be a bad idea to start looking at the post Jong-Il regime. A more robust, mentally-capable leader might do more than posture and threaten; they might actually provoke an incident in the DMZ. Or, they might clean house and modernize the country, bringing it at least as far into the light of capitalism as the parent country of China. And whoever the next prez is, gets to deal with that: How would each candidate deal with a revitalized Tiger N. Korea where labor can be had at near-slave wages? Alternatively, how would each candidate deal with a belligerent N. Korea that actually starts heading for the DMZ with an army? Interesting that this is coming up now, just as we head into the election.


9 posted on 09/09/2008 7:07:00 PM PDT by Little Pig (Is it time for "Cowboys and Muslims" yet?)
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To: Red Badger; All

I guess he is no longer “ronery”


10 posted on 09/09/2008 7:07:12 PM PDT by KevinDavis (If Obama can't handle a town hall debate, then he can't handle the job of being President.)
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To: Red Badger

Hopefully deader than a roadkill possum


11 posted on 09/09/2008 7:07:32 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: Doogle

He rooks sooo rife rike.....


12 posted on 09/09/2008 7:07:47 PM PDT by Red Badger (If you're not part of the solution, then you must be part of the government............)
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To: Red Badger

13 posted on 09/09/2008 7:07:56 PM PDT by CurlyBill (Barak Obama wants Dhimmitude for America)
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To: KevinDavis

Now he’s cold AND ronery.........


14 posted on 09/09/2008 7:08:50 PM PDT by Red Badger (If you're not part of the solution, then you must be part of the government............)
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To: CurlyBill

He’s dead, Jim..........


15 posted on 09/09/2008 7:10:41 PM PDT by Red Badger (If you're not part of the solution, then you must be part of the government............)
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To: Red Badger

So Wikipedia says that even in N. Korea, high officials don’t want to continue the Kim Dynasty. So, if Jong-Il really is out of the picture, do we then see a military junta, or do we see a new non-military president, and which way would they lean?


16 posted on 09/09/2008 7:16:10 PM PDT by Little Pig (Is it time for "Cowboys and Muslims" yet?)
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To: Red Badger

He’s working at a 7-11 in Ohio with Elvis and Osama Bin Laden.


17 posted on 09/09/2008 7:49:50 PM PDT by rivercat (Sarah Palin '12)
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To: Little Pig
do we then see a military junta, or do we see a new non-military president, and which way would they lean?

Your guess is as good s mine. I'd hope the N. Koreans would rejoin the South..............

18 posted on 09/09/2008 8:14:34 PM PDT by Red Badger (If you're not part of the solution, then you must be part of the government............)
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To: Red Badger
To Tell the Truth.


Will the real Kim Gone ILL please stand up.
19 posted on 09/09/2008 8:15:52 PM PDT by Prophet in the wilderness (PSALM .53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart, there is no GOD.)
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To: I_Like_Spam
"He’s as good as dead if he actually hasn’t reached that state yet."

He evidently has not groomed a successor yet either. He has a bunch of kids, but they are all too young.

If I was one of his kids I would be hot footing it for the border yesterday!

20 posted on 09/10/2008 3:39:24 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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