Posted on 06/25/2006 5:50:45 PM PDT by callmejoe
Monday June 26, 09:41 AM
North Koreans Criticize U.S. In Massive Rally
SEOUL, June 26 Asia Pulse - Hundreds of thousands of North Koreans staged a massive anti-U.S. rally in Pyongyang on Sunday, the North's state media reported, as regional tension has risen over the communist state's reported plan to launch a long-range missile.
Pyongyang's Kim Il-sung Square "shook with their voices denouncing the U.S. imperialists, the sworn enemy of the Korean people," the (North) Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said in an article.
Sunday marks the 56th anniversary of the start of the 1950-53 Korean War, which ended with a fragile armistice, not a peace treaty. The U.S. military led a 16-nation U.N. command to help South Korea repel invading North Korean troops, which were later aided by Chinese forces, during the conflict.
Those attending the afternoon rally "reiterated the firm stand of the army and people of the DPRK that should the U.S. imperialists ignite another war of aggression on this land, they will mobilize all the political and ideological might and military potentials," the KCNA report said.
The North Koreans will also "mercilessly wipe out the enemies and victoriously conclude their standoff with the U.S.," it said.
DPRK stands for Democratic People's Republic of Korea, North Korea's official name.
Present at the rally were top North Korean officials, including Premier Pak Pong-ju and Choe Thae-bok, secretary of the Workers' Party's Central Committee, the KCNA report said. North Korean leader Kim Jong-il was not mentioned.
U.S. intelligence reports have recently indicated North Korea was moving to launch a long-range missile, believed to be a Taepodong-2, which experts say may be capable of reaching the western coast of the continental United States.
North Korea has said it has the right to fire a missile, but has not explicitly said that it plans to do so.
The missile crisis came as international disarmament talks on Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program have been stalled since November. Analysts say North Korea has yet to perfect the technology to make nuclear warheads small and light enough to be attached atop a missile.
North Korea stunned the region in 1998 by test-firing a Taepodong-I rocket which landed in the Pacific after flying over Japan. The launch prompted Japan to join a U.S. plan to build a missile defense network.
(Yonhap)
In any case, the timing is noteworthy.
Was Hugo Chavez there?
ping
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Plan B:
Human wave = 'weapon'
Apparently, he is on his way . . .
Given that half the country has to eat grass to stay alive, they should be really thankful that they live in a communist country.
Hundreds of thousands of North Koreans staged a massive anti-U.S. rally in Pyongyang on Sunday, the North's state media reported, as regional tension has risen over the communist state's reported plan to launch a long-range missile.
Pyongyang's Kim Il-sung Square "shook with their voices denouncing the U.S. imperialists, the sworn enemy of the Korean people," the (North) Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said in an article.
Reports of promised food handouts later remain unproven.
He should bring Cindy Sheehan with him.
I'm sure they'd give her a spot on the podium as well.
Man ! Now my day is ruined. (sarcasm off)
Communist slaves rally for Boss Kim (or die Comrades).
Well, they do get Free Health Care and Free Education.
"Human wave = 'weapon'"
If you go back over their media drivel over the past decade or so, you'll see that they advocated the concept of "human bombs" long before there was ever such a phenomena as suicide bombing (over ten years ago).
They are fanatical, tragically brainwashed, and therefore highly dangerous.
Oh, good. A target rich environment.
A "war dance" prior to an attack?
I know the analogy is rather simplistic, but this could be a 21st century version.
"A "war dance" prior to an attack?"
That's why I wonder how often these occur (I know they do, but it is not every other weekend).
Totalitarian societies (and they are the most totalitarian of any nation on earth . . .truly Orwellian) control their people through agitprop (agitation and propaganda). So when they start firing them up, there is usually a reason. (Maybe just for show. Maybe not.)
Then, in a speech before the UN have Bolton declare that "we have substantially upgraded versions of that warhead and if Kim Jong Il wants to continue his level of war retoric, we will demonstrate them forthwith"!!
My guess the Kim Il regime would fold in a week.
Perhaps we should simultaneously drop a 2000 pounder on the Taepodong-2 launch site. Just in case he doesn't fold.
Catered with the food we donate to them.
Catered with the food we donate to them.Sounds like the rallys
they have in Cuba.
I read somewhere tonight that he was on his way to Pyongyang to buy missiles.
Any video of the NK police forcing people to attend the rally?
Poll Says North Korean People Favor Annihilating America
In the midst of the diplomatic stand-off over its nuclear weapons and missile development programs, a poll of North Koreans revealed that 99.4% favor using their nuclear missile to annihilate America.
“Kim is a genius,” said one respondent. “Any weapon he has designed will be fearsomely destructive. We should use it before the American imperialists steal it from us.”
While Kim Jong-il’s government expressed general satisfaction with the poll results, it said it found the lack of unanimity “troubling.” An investigation has been initiated to root out the sources of dissent despite pollsters’ assurances that the 0.6% who didn’t endorse an immediate attack on the United States is negligible and that for all intents and purposes, Kim has the people squarely behind him.
“We are concerned if even one sheep strays from the flock,” said Sen Sum-Sens, deputy secretary for indoctrination. “We will find and tend to these sheep.”
read more...
http://www.azconservative.org/Semmens1.htm
Cindy Sheehan must be elated.
You get a cup of rice if you show up, and tortured horribly if you don't......
How many DUmmies were there?
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