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US says sinking of SKorean warship is not terrorism; will not put NKorea back on blacklist
fox ^ | 6/28/10 | ap

Posted on 06/28/2010 12:05:14 PM PDT by Nachum

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration said Monday that the sinking of a South Korean warship blamed on North Korea was not terrorism, and not enough by itself to put Pyongyang back on a U.S. terror blacklist.

The State Department said the March sinking of the South Korean frigate Cheonan by a reported torpedo from a North Korean submarine was a "provocative action" and a violation of the truce that ended the Korean war.

But it added that the sinking was the act of one state's military against another and not an act of terrorism. Thus, it is not grounds to put North Korea back on the U.S. "state sponsors of terrorism" list as some in South Korea had wanted, spokesman P.J. Crowley said.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blacklist; sinking; skorean; terrorism
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1 posted on 06/28/2010 12:05:19 PM PDT by Nachum
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To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...

The list, ping


2 posted on 06/28/2010 12:05:59 PM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Nachum

America needs to be led by WARRIORS , not by lawyers

pit-touey .......


3 posted on 06/28/2010 12:07:10 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: Nachum

No it wasn’t an act of terrorism, it was an act of war.


4 posted on 06/28/2010 12:07:32 PM PDT by Americanexpat
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To: Nachum

No it wasn’t an act of terrorism, it was an act of war.


5 posted on 06/28/2010 12:07:38 PM PDT by Americanexpat
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To: Nachum

Shyster lawyers. Tap dancers.


6 posted on 06/28/2010 12:08:09 PM PDT by marron
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To: Americanexpat
No it wasn’t an act of terrorism, it was an act of war.

Thank you.

7 posted on 06/28/2010 12:09:11 PM PDT by marron
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To: Americanexpat
The Korean War never ended. This is just a new offensive.
8 posted on 06/28/2010 12:10:44 PM PDT by WakeUpAndVote
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To: Americanexpat
No it wasn’t an act of terrorism, it was an act of war.

That's exactly right. It was a shot fired by a nation against another nation's military target. That's not terrorism. It's war.

9 posted on 06/28/2010 12:10:44 PM PDT by GOP_Party_Animal
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To: Nachum

N Korea has given material support to Syria who sponsors terrorism. But then what do I know? I’m just an economist, not an A-hole politician.


10 posted on 06/28/2010 12:11:05 PM PDT by rbosque (11 year Freeper! Combat Economist.)
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To: Nachum

Bowing down to the enemy once again.....


11 posted on 06/28/2010 12:11:15 PM PDT by illiac (If we don't change directions soon, we'll get where we're going)
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To: Nachum

And this will go into North Korea’s permanent record, along with double-secret probation.


12 posted on 06/28/2010 12:12:21 PM PDT by No Truce With Kings (I can see November from my house.)
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To: Nachum
...the sinking was the act of one state's military against another

In other words, the cowards phrase for "an act of war".

Someplace, somewhere...Obama's spine is cowering in a corner...

...no where near the White House, of course...

13 posted on 06/28/2010 12:13:19 PM PDT by NorCoGOP (If OBAMA is the ANSWER, how STUPID was the QUESTION?)
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To: Nachum

The Obama administration definition of terrorism: a Christian handing out free literature at a Muslim festival.


14 posted on 06/28/2010 12:14:21 PM PDT by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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To: Americanexpat
Exactly. I guess the term Casus belli is lost to our current crop of "leaders".
15 posted on 06/28/2010 12:16:05 PM PDT by SargeK
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To: Nachum

Well... technically, it wasn’t an act of terrorism, but an act of war...


16 posted on 06/28/2010 12:28:18 PM PDT by TheBattman (They exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature...)
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Just 47 sailors meeting a terrible fate, so what? /s


17 posted on 06/28/2010 12:32:13 PM PDT by OKSooner ("Give 'em another play.")
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Of course it’s not terrorism—it’s an act of war.


18 posted on 06/28/2010 12:33:15 PM PDT by WKUHilltopper (Fix bayonets!)
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First one in with the obvious answer that Zero and his twits can’t even understand.

Congrats.


19 posted on 06/28/2010 12:34:00 PM PDT by Lee'sGhost (Johnny Rico picked the wrong girl!)
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Glad that’s settled. It’s merely an act of war, so by all means, let’s not put NK on any list that may damage our vast trade relationship with them.

Meanwhile, I’m quite sure Seoul is asking us whether we will back them up, as our treaty calls for, if they should declare war on NK.


20 posted on 06/28/2010 12:37:25 PM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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