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N. Korea fires artillery towards S. Korean island, official says (houses destroyed, fire broke out)
Yonhap News ^
| 11/23/10
Posted on 11/22/2010 10:44:16 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
N. Korea fires artillery towards S. Korean island, official says
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Tuesday fired several rounds of artillery towards South Korean waters and an island near the tense west sea border, the South's military said.
The North's artillery shells fell at 2:34 p.m. in the South's waters off the island of Yeonpyeong, some of them landing directly on the island, said Col. Lee Bung-woo, spokesman at the South's Joint Chiefs of Staff. The South's military responded with its artillery firing.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: artillery; dmz; dprk; fires; foreignpolicy; island; korea; koreanwar; nkorea; northkorea; shelling; skorea; southkorea; war; yeonpyeong
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To: TigerLikesRooster
Yes - thank you very much.
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posted on
11/23/2010 12:19:22 AM PST
by
little jeremiah
(Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.CSLewis)
To: hoagy62
UMMMMM
REALLY?
South Korea just ASKED North Korea to stop.
To: little jeremiah
Maybe a Freeper could go ahead and write the letter from the United Nations.
Just use the normal “condemnation” form - fill in the blanks.
To: AmericanInTokyo
At least the ROK military could move without him fettering it somehow and calling for a "time out" to take it to the UN.The ROK is already considering taking it to the U.N. http://bit.ly/fsYNAM
84
posted on
11/23/2010 12:21:07 AM PST
by
BigSkyFreeper
(In 2012: The Rookie and The Wookie get booted from the White House.)
To: silentknight
I don’t want to make myself ill, can’t do it.
85
posted on
11/23/2010 12:21:25 AM PST
by
little jeremiah
(Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.CSLewis)
To: BigSkyFreeper
lol
I don’t know whether to laugh or cry - I think laugh
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Yonhap) — South Korea will consider whether it should push the United Nations to condemn North Korea for firing artillery
To: silentknight
Right. Lee Myung-bak is a coward. Better than commies or pinkos but nothing more.
87
posted on
11/23/2010 12:24:31 AM PST
by
TigerLikesRooster
(The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Yes, very good points on the banks. Stay safe!
88
posted on
11/23/2010 12:24:43 AM PST
by
steve86
To: TigerLikesRooster
Here's hoping the lull is because the good guys in the South broke all of the Nork’s toys that were firing at them. An obliterated target cant shoot back.
To: TigerLikesRooster
"...more shelling could come and Baekryong Island may be also under fire..." But what is there to destroy in North Korea?
90
posted on
11/23/2010 12:27:13 AM PST
by
Does so
(Government is the only enterprise in the world which expands in size when its failures increase.)
To: DWar
Obama...he lay low and shake like a Chicken.
To: Hillarys Gate Cult
Let’s hope that is the case. I suspect some NK artillery tubes were hit, and destroyed. How many? We don’t know yet.
92
posted on
11/23/2010 12:29:17 AM PST
by
TigerLikesRooster
(The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
To: Does so
Artillery tubes, and naval bases.
93
posted on
11/23/2010 12:30:21 AM PST
by
TigerLikesRooster
(The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
To: silentknight
When there was no international outcry after the NK sub was proven to have murdered all of those South Korean sailors, the commies up north are ready to take it to the next level—attacks whose origins there can be no doubt.
When the weakling in the WH fails to repond, it’s game on for the NK
94
posted on
11/23/2010 12:34:22 AM PST
by
at bay
(My father was born with 28 ounces of flesh in 1924 then went on to become Mr. (Glenn) Holland.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
It appears to have shelled South Korea for nearly TWO HOURS, ceasing around 4:30 p.m, about 45 minutes ago. They shelled over 200 units, about 60 to 70 private homes are on fire. One military casualty on the South Korean side, expected to escalate. South shelled the north in return. Has scrambled F-16. Air Force and Army and Navy all on war footing.
Korean defense commission (security council) not yet adjourned in Seoul.
95
posted on
11/23/2010 12:34:29 AM PST
by
AmericanInTokyo
(There is a lot "GOING DOWN" these days. But don't forget the Senate AMNESTY PUSH for next MONDAY!!!)
To: AmericanInTokyo; All
If SK bombed Pyongyang, think maybe they would finally get the message?
96
posted on
11/23/2010 12:34:30 AM PST
by
Islander7
(If you want to anger conservatives, lie to them. If you want to anger liberals, tell them the truth.)
To: Hillarys Gate Cult
I thought the biggest incident was the attempt on the South Korean president back in the 1960s
To: TigerLikesRooster
Look at the bright side: The North Koreans are firing from a fixed artillery position at a target they've had pinpointed for years. Even so, it's looking like less then half the rounds fired by the North have hit their target.
I like this comment and response on the Daily Mail website concerning this latest episode with the North:
Why does the free world put up with this odious little nation and it's evil regime?
- Nototheleft, London, 23/11/2010 07:15
Because it's supported and encouraged by the bordering odious large country and it's evil regime.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1332240/South-Korea-returns-North-fires-artillery-rounds-populated-island.html#ixzz165jtDuWi
98
posted on
11/23/2010 12:39:35 AM PST
by
VeniVidiVici
(Defund National Peoples Radio!! Democrats are for free speech. Just not for you.)
To: Islander7
I doubt it. Honestly I don’t see anything coming from this. This is the third or fourth event - they sank a ship and killed 40 military people. South Korea is screwed. Nobody cares - nobody will fight back - nobody will do a damn thing about any of this.
A week from now - we won’t be talking about this.
Yawn
To: TigerLikesRooster
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