Report: North Korean streets awash with anti-U.S. posters

Yahoo! News ^ | Jan 30, 2003 | AP

[Norman Arbuthnot]

SEOUL, South Korea - New anti-U.S. posters have been put up along the streets of Pyongyang and other parts of North Korea (news - web sites) pledging to fight American "imperialists," the North's state-run media said Friday.

Posters of "high ideological and artistic value" were made by North Korean artists shortly after the communist country withdrew from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty on Jan. 10, said the report by the North's Korean Central News Agency.

"The works encourage the people's army and people of the DPRK in the confrontation with the U.S.," said the report, using the acronym for the North's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

Before quitting the 1968 global nuclear arms control treaty, the North took steps to reactivate nuclear facilities that were frozen under a deal with the United States in 1994 and expelled U.N. monitors.

The North has since kicked off a massive propaganda campaign to incite anti-U.S. hatred among its people. One anti-U.S. rally in Pyongyang drew 1 million people, the country's media said.

Most of the posters, the KCNA report said, "call for a sacred struggle to smash the U.S. imperialists' moves to isolate and stifle the DPRK and defend the dignity of the DPRK and the nation's right to existence."

The report quoted the caption of one poster as reading that "the withdrawal from the NPT is the DPRK's legitimate self-defense measure." Another caption reads "Let us defend the sovereignty, right to existence and dignity of the country and the nation in a do-or-die spirit," it said.

[Norman Arbuthnot]

I really think little Dr. Evil might make a move on SK once we are fully engaged with Iraq. Kim seems to be preparing the people of NK for war. He may figure our recent diplomatic efforts to resolve the nuke crisis are nothing but a smoke screen and that his days are numbered. He may also think that the Iraq situation provides an window of opportunity he won't get again. The vast majority of our ground forces as well as most our airlift and sealift are committed to Iraq and it would be very difficult for us to send major reinforcements to SK during the course of the next few months.

I don't think an NK attack is likely unless we launch a pre-emptive strike on their nuke facilities, but it is a real possibilty IMO. I hope we don't shoot our whole load of cruise missles in Iraq. We should put aside at least 400 or 600 for NK, just in case.

[sushiman]

" North Korean streets awash with anti-U.S. posters "

Yes , but are they EDIBLE ?

[zarf]

I think you are correct.

Bush is pushing alot of buttons behind the scenes and I think NK has heard in no uncertain terms it's on W's poop list.