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North Korea seeks $65 trillion in damages from US (Barf Alert)
Economic Times ^ | 6/24/2010 | Economic Times

Posted on 06/24/2010 11:58:03 AM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld

Cash-strapped North Korea demanded on Thursday that the United States pay almost $65 trillion in compensation for six decades of hostility.

The cost of the damage done by the United States since the peninsula was divided in 1945 is estimated at $64.96 trillion, the official news agency said, in a report on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the start of the 1950-53 Korean War.

The figure includes $26.1 trillion arising from US "atrocities" which left more than five million North Koreans dead, wounded, kidnapped or missing, KCNA said.

Six decades of US sanctions had caused a loss of $13.7 trillion by 2005 while property losses were estimated at $16.7 dollars, said the agency which also listed a large number of smaller claims.

North Koreans have "the justifiable right" to receive the compensation for their blood, it said.

The war started on June 25, 1950, with a North Korean invasion approved by the then-Soviet dictator Josef Stalin.

The Communist country insists that South Korea and its US ally instigated the conflict, in which a US-led United Nations force fought for the South and China backed the North.

(Excerpt) Read more at economictimes.indiatimes.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: kimjongil; koreanpeninsula; koreanwar; nkorea; northkorea; pyongyang; southkorea
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1 posted on 06/24/2010 11:58:11 AM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
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To: sonofstrangelove

Obama’s response: Will you take a check?


2 posted on 06/24/2010 11:59:35 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: sonofstrangelove

I am sure the World Court would agree.

lol.


3 posted on 06/24/2010 12:00:43 PM PDT by GeronL (Political Correctness Kills)
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To: ClearCase_guy

..Pay bu chewsday o we declare wa an bomb yew.


4 posted on 06/24/2010 12:01:17 PM PDT by himno hero
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To: sonofstrangelove

I am sure if they ask O’bummer nicely..they are at least
guaranteed $20billion- and if they can wait, Ried &
Pelosi will add them into the next bailout package.


5 posted on 06/24/2010 12:01:44 PM PDT by mj1234
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To: sonofstrangelove

Whats to damage?


6 posted on 06/24/2010 12:04:09 PM PDT by equalitybeforethelaw
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To: All

Why not 6 bazillion dollars....calling Dr. Evil.

LOL


7 posted on 06/24/2010 12:05:43 PM PDT by OhhTee5
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To: sonofstrangelove

You’re next in line after the reparations folks. Please wait patiently.


8 posted on 06/24/2010 12:06:22 PM PDT by ScottinSacto (W.W.M.R.D.? - What Would Mitch Rapp Do?)
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To: mj1234

Obama can offer himself to the icc in lieu of cash! He is worth 66 trillion!


9 posted on 06/24/2010 12:08:34 PM PDT by omega4179 (www.jdforsenate.com)
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To: sonofstrangelove

Call it oil spill damage and Oilbama will force BP to pay.


10 posted on 06/24/2010 12:10:07 PM PDT by Only1choice____Freedom (FDR had the New Deal. President 0bama has the Raw Deal.)
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To: sonofstrangelove

If we nuke them, that should cause a few trillion worth of damage.

Seriously, they simply aren’t worth that much and even if some world court decides in their favor, how can they collect?


11 posted on 06/24/2010 12:10:41 PM PDT by Brett66 (Where government advances, and it advances relentlessly , freedom is imperiled -Janice Rogers Brown)
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To: sonofstrangelove

I’m willing to give them a few million in nukes, delivered as warheads from our air and naval assets.


12 posted on 06/24/2010 12:11:08 PM PDT by thethirddegree
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To: sonofstrangelove
oh yeah!
Suck it Kim


Oh wait......he probably does........
13 posted on 06/24/2010 12:11:41 PM PDT by jrg
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To: sonofstrangelove

Why not $65 Quadrillion?


14 posted on 06/24/2010 12:12:33 PM PDT by Republic of Texas (Socialism Always Fails)
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To: sonofstrangelove

Seriously though...isn’t $65 trillion more than the whole godforsaken country is worth???


15 posted on 06/24/2010 12:12:50 PM PDT by Mich Patriot (Man is not free unless government is limited.)
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To: sonofstrangelove

Haven’t they printed just about that much fake $$$ already?


16 posted on 06/24/2010 12:16:26 PM PDT by DontTreadOnMe2009 (So stop treading on me already!)
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To: sonofstrangelove

Send lil Kimmy a Playstation 3 and a Doc Johnson inflatable love doll, and throw in a bottle of Johnny Walker Red and that’ll shut up the little em-effer for a year or two.


17 posted on 06/24/2010 12:17:02 PM PDT by mkjessup (0bama is a traitor. And he squats to pee too.)
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To: sonofstrangelove

Haven’t they printed just about that much fake $$$ already?

and we did what?


And when they hacked our 2 soldiers to death ...

we did what?

And when they tortured our prisoners?

And captured our ships?

And destroyed our airplanes?

and lied to us abut their bombs???

We did what?

Sent Bill Clinton?

To compare intern notes perhaps?


18 posted on 06/24/2010 12:19:08 PM PDT by DontTreadOnMe2009 (So stop treading on me already!)
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To: mkjessup

65 Trillion!? Why that’s a bargain at any price! Tell Kim the checks in the mail. Was this in The Onion?


19 posted on 06/24/2010 12:28:30 PM PDT by RU88
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To: sonofstrangelove

Cash-strapped North Korea demanded on Thursday that the United States pay almost $65 trillion in compensation for six decades of hostility.


Suck my what?


20 posted on 06/24/2010 12:29:10 PM PDT by Grunthor (Getting married, T minus 2 days.)
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