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  • NKorea increases military manoeuvres: report (fuel oil being diverted for military purposes?)

    02/09/2008 11:06:48 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 9 replies · 97+ views
    AFP on Yahoo ^ | 2/9/08 | AFP
    SEOUL (AFP) - Energy-starved North Korea has recently increased military manoeuvres, arousing suspicions it may have diverted fuel oil provided under a multinational aid-for-disarmament deal, a report said Sunday. "It is noteworthy that the North's armoured units have sharply increased exercises in the ongoing winter manoeuvring," an unnamed military source told South Korea's Yonhap news agency, adding Seoul and Washington were analysing the moves. The new drills involved fighter jets and armoured vehicles in contrast to previous years which had focused on artillery rather than such oil-consuming exercises, the source added. "We understand North Korea has been enhancing the number...