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Otto Warmbier dead; former US prisoner of North Korea was 22
foxnews.com ^ | 6/19/17 | FoxNews

Posted on 06/19/2017 1:48:41 PM PDT by ColdOne

Otto Warmbier, the American student who was detained and held in North Korea before being returned back to the U.S. earlier this month, has died according to his family. He was 22 years old.

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To: ShivaFan

What happened to Otto should be considered a war crime


21 posted on 06/19/2017 2:02:12 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation

It must be difficult to believe that some nations are as insane as depicted. I think it would be hard to go NK and not get in trouble with facial expressions.


22 posted on 06/19/2017 2:03:09 PM PDT by InvisibleChurch (https://thepurginglutheran.wordpress.com)
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To: ColdOne

Sad.

Willing to be he was waterboarded to the point of asphyxiation, resulting in brain damage and the subsequent coma.


23 posted on 06/19/2017 2:03:28 PM PDT by PJBankard
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To: Obadiah

Yep....that is my take on it too.


24 posted on 06/19/2017 2:03:44 PM PDT by ColdOne ((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever!)
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To: ColdOne
"Fred Warmbier stated that his son Otto was traveling in China at the end of 2015 when he saw a company offering trips to North Korea. He decided to go because he was adventurous, according to his father, who accused the tour operator of specifically targeting young Westerners with slogans like, "This is the trip your parents don't want you to take!" Fred Warmbier said the China-based tour operator, Young Pioneer Tours, advertised the trip as safe for U.S. citizens.[2]

Warmbier traveled to North Korea for a five-day New Year's tour of the country organized by Young Pioneer Tours. Ten other U.S. citizens were in his tour group.[4][14][15][16][17] During his stay at the Yanggakdo International Hotel in Pyongyang, Warmbier allegedly stole a propaganda sign from a staff-only floor of the hotel.[18] The poster said, "Let's arm ourselves strongly with Kim Jong-il's patriotism!". Harming such items with the name or image of a North Korean leader is considered a serious crime by the government.[19]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Warmbier

Sounds to me like he almost committed suicide by Nork proxy.

25 posted on 06/19/2017 2:04:10 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: ColdOne

Media blaming president for his death in 3 ... 2 .... 1


26 posted on 06/19/2017 2:06:04 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: ColdOne

We need to get a hold of the leadership of that criminal regime fat boy and all the top brass and give them the sadam treatment.


27 posted on 06/19/2017 2:07:47 PM PDT by McCarthysGhost
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To: InvisibleChurch

When we’d go to the DMZ we were always warned not to make any facial expression or gesticulation that might be considered offensive or profane in any way.


28 posted on 06/19/2017 2:08:47 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: FamiliarFace

;)


29 posted on 06/19/2017 2:09:29 PM PDT by ColdOne ((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever!)
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To: ColdOne

Rest in peace, Otto.
May God console your loving family and friends.


30 posted on 06/19/2017 2:11:08 PM PDT by baysider
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To: clintonh8r

This makes me so sad. Prayers to all.


31 posted on 06/19/2017 2:11:55 PM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say)
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To: LouisianaJoanof Arc

My heart goes out to this family. Yes, thank the Lord he came home to die with is family by his side.

No more US citizens going to NK!!


32 posted on 06/19/2017 2:12:08 PM PDT by hsmomx3
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To: LouisianaJoanof Arc

Amen.


33 posted on 06/19/2017 2:14:26 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: Mariner

He had planned to study abroad in his third year of college in China and heard about Chinese travel companies offering trips to North Korea. His parents were OK with it.

“Otto’s a young, thrill-seeking, great kid who was going to be in that part of the world for a college experience,” Fred Warmbier explained.

Young Pioneer Tours described itself as providing “budget tours to destinations your mother would rather you stayed away from.” They also included Iran, Iraq and former Soviet countries.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/north-korea-back-otto-warmbiers-strange-sad-trip-48113955


34 posted on 06/19/2017 2:15:41 PM PDT by ColdOne ((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever!)
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To: canalabamian

The only thing we should send to North Korea is a fully loaded fleet of B-2s.


35 posted on 06/19/2017 2:17:35 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: ColdOne

smart people don’t think they can take a vacation in Norklandia, or Islamlandia.


36 posted on 06/19/2017 2:18:12 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Mariner

No way I would.


37 posted on 06/19/2017 2:20:26 PM PDT by ColdOne ((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever!)
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To: Mariner

Wow.

The kid just wants to show off to his friends by stealing a poster.

And they kill him over it.

Leftists are seriously sick people.


38 posted on 06/19/2017 2:20:51 PM PDT by KyCats
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation
Why did this young man go to that hell hole of a country in the first place?

He was on his way to another destination (Hong Kong?) to study abroad. He decided to set up a visit to NK with an organized group. Who knows why? Thought it would be cool? Bragging rights? Pad his resume for when he applied for an international relations job after college? While there, he stupidly trespassed onto a staff-only floor of his hotel and tried to steal a propaganda poster of Dear Leader. Who knows what kind of mindset made him think that was a good idea. If he had not done that he would have been on a plane out of there like all the others in his group.

A Freeper who has been following this story in great detail, whose name I can't recall, posits that Otto tried to commit suicide by hanging and failed. That actually makes a lot of sense. NK uses these people as bargaining chips. If they kill or substantially injure them, their value as bargaining chips is substantially compromised. Typically, folks returned by the Norks come back in good shape, after a substantial payment or concession has been made, of course. A failed suicide attempt by hanging would explain the lack of oxygen that caused his brain damage.

A sad story all around.

39 posted on 06/19/2017 2:23:24 PM PDT by KevinB (Barack Obama: The best example in history of the dangers of affirmative action!)
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To: ColdOne

Well that’s sadly ironic!


40 posted on 06/19/2017 2:27:27 PM PDT by GnuThere
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