ScaniaBoy wrote:
This re DMZ on LGF:
SEOUL, South Korea — Soldiers from North Korea and South Korea exchanged fire along their
border late Monday, but no one was hurt, a South Korean military official said Tuesday.
The incident happened shortly before sunset when North Korean soldiers fired two bullets toward a
South Korean guard post in the eastern part of the Demilitarized Zone, said Maj. Kim Tae-hoon of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff office.
South Korean soldiers immediately fired back six rounds, Kim said.
He said South Korea doesn’t know what prompted the North troops to open fire and the secretive
communist country hasn’t said anything to the South about it.
Thanks for the info.
Could be some NK got a wild hair, could be NK et al is looking for an excuse.
Heads up, all, the next 24 to 72 hours look to be the highest risk for a widening conflict that we have seen in this crisis to date.
It is truly an armed border. I have no idea how frequent these types of incidents are. Do you know?
Aug. 1, 2006 11:26
Syrian ambassador: Army's high alert is 'natural'
By JPOST.COM STAFF
Syrian Ambassador to the US Imad Moustapha said Tuesday that the decision by President Bashar Assad to call on his army to increase its readiness was "natural."
"We need to defend ourselves from the Israeli aggression close to our border," said Moustapha, adding that if Americans could see what was happening on the ground, "they would understand who are the real terrorists."
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I think this is diplo seak for "we will not shoot first" and then to their Arab brothers "look, we are with you all the way", just to show that they aren't letting Hezbollah down - which of course they are, with the exception of weapons deliveries.