Posted on 03/26/2010 7:53:34 AM PDT by darkside321
BREAKING NEWS: A South Korean navy ship with about 100 personnel on board is sinking off the west coast near North Korea, possibly due to a torpedo attack, reports say.
The ship was sinking near Baengnyeong island, Yonhap news agency quoted navy officials as saying.
The cause of the incident, which happened late on Friday night local time, was not known, the report said.
A rescue operation is said to be under way. There were no immediate reports of casualties, Yonhap said.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
Riiight.
Hmmmmm .... if true, not good...
Tough noogies.
Wasn’t it the South Koreans who told us to back off and leave North Korea alone? If I recall correctly, the public sentiment in SK was against the US and in favor of NK.
I say, let them work it out.
Russian bombers near scotland.
This.
Russian nuclear arms treaty by Obama wanting to have “robust bipartisan support”
Israel being completely cut loose.
Japan being alienated by our govt’s toyota attacks.
Things appear to be heating up....
Update:
It also said the South Korean ship had fired shots toward an unidentified ship from the North.
The incident happened late on Friday night local time.
The cause of the incident, which happened late on Friday night local time, was not known, the report said.
Oh come now. How they can even print this with a straight
face is beyond me.
Not a good thing in any event.
>”Tough noogies.”
LOL
Yikes. This could spiral out of control very quickly.
Time for S. Korea to liberate the North??
And North Korea is proving to the world that having nuclear weapons is especially empowering for belligerent powers as well.
I am sure our good intentions by disarming ourselves will be embraced by the world, but not for reasons we wish or want.
Ruh Roh. If this was an attack, I would hate to be on North Korea’s side, though with bambi, who knows who’s side we’d be on.
It’s just “some damned thing in the Balkans...”.
Wait for the cascade effect.
“The largest part of the NKN consists of small combatants, including torpedo boats, patrol boats, patrol craft, fast attack craft, and small amphibious landing craft. Of the approximately 200 torpedo boats, nearly half are DPRK-built. Most are equipped with 25 mm to 37 mm guns.”
google North Korean Navy
Their torpedo boats are somewhat similar to our PT boats of WW2 fame - fast & manueverable.
Here we go...sounds like 10 million NK refugees getting in line for Obamacare shortly.
Time for 0bamao to go over and bow profusely - it seems to be the only thing he's good at. Otherwise we'll have to load up the B-52s and carpet bomb them with sanctions.
Elections have consequences. Elect a weak, unqualified chief executive and this is what we get: a MUCH more dangerous world and likelihood of war.
Sorry, I posted too fast. I thought it said a North Korean ship had maybe been torpedoed.
South Korean ship, entirely possible.
Too true.
Either Idiot or evil genus. Neother category bodes well for the USA.
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