N. Korea: Kim Jong-eun's Order "Not even a hair should be left"...Mortar Used(for Execution)

Chosun Ilbo ^ | 03/22/12 | Lee Yong-soo

[TigerLikesRooster]

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On the Kim Jong-eun's Order "Not even a hair should be left" ... Mortar Used

Lee Yong-soo

Kim Jong-eun Ordered, "Not even a hair should be left"

More than ten generals purged this year, "Another day, another one disappears."

Since Kim Jong-il's sudden death last year, Kim Jong-eun took over and N. Korean military has been in the vortex of unprecedented 'purge drive' and the means of execution is (very) cruel, such as using mortar fire, a knowledgeable government source on N. Korea revealed on Mar. 21.

He said, “Since Dec. 30 last year when Kim Jong-eun became the commander-in-chief after Kim Jong-il’s mourning period, for a while, another day brought another disappeared star(general.) After examining evidences which had poured in since last month, (we found) purged generals number a two-digit figure. This must be the result of Kim Jong-eun’s order to ‘eliminate anybody who was out of line during General’s(Kim Jong-il’s) mourning period.’”

In particular, a Deputy Minister of Defense, who was caught drinking during the mourning period and initially reported to be shot in public, was actually executed in public by mortar fire, on the order of Kim Jong-eun, which stated, ‘Not even a strand of his hair should be left.’ “It was a grisly execution. His remains were difficult to find,” according to the source. That is, the condemned was placed where mortar rounds would land.

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[TigerLikesRooster]

If true, this is off the scale even for N. Korea. The junior turned out to be a modern-day Caligula.

[Travis McGee]

Practically a perfect scenario for creating a Caligula, I’d say.

[mojito]

Must run in the family.

[TigerLikesRooster]

I am used to the fact that N. Korean regime is more cruel than we can imagine, but this is hard to believe even for me.

[blackdog]

Carigura

[TigerLikesRooster]

Yeah, it also occurred to me that he could end up like Caligula.

[240B]

This is always the way right before the end for despots.

[jdsteel]

Honestly, I’d rather go that way than with torture...or even a poorly placed gunshot. Fast & painless. One minute you’re there, the next you are there...and there...and there....!

[dfwgator]

Pretty soon he’s going to piss off the wrong General.

[blackdog]

Saddam’s boyz liked to bind their political dissenter to a chair along with a C-4 vest, make all the remotely involved people watch, and explode the vest leaving nothing but pink vapor in a few hundred foot spray pattern.

[combat_boots]

“Pretty soon he’s going to piss off the wrong General.”

No kidding

[Maceman]

As far as cruel deaths go, I should think that death by mortar fire would be relatively quick and painless.

[TigerLikesRooster]

I think the cruelty is directed to those watching.

[null and void]

Probably a fairly quick demise. Cruel would be a mortar and pestle..

[Jonty30]

I think that, since the amount of cruelty a regime needs to resort to is inversely proportionate to the level of loyalty, it’s quite likely that Kim doesn’t believe there is any loyalty left amongst the generals.

He could be right.

[KoRn]

A mortar is actually not a bad way to go, as long as it hits close enough to turn you into pink mist.

[null and void]

Pretty soon he’s going to piss off the wrong General.

I keep thinking the same thing about another world leader.

[GeronL]

wow.

[JoeProBono]

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

They also tossed enemies into industrial paper shredders feet first, which must be excruiatingly painful.