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Did President Clinton meet N. Korea's Kim Jong-il or his look-alike?
The Christian Science Monitor ^ | Oct. 29, 2009 | Donald Kirk

Posted on 10/30/2009 1:23:03 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

Seoul, South Korea – Will the real Kim Jong-il please stand up?

A number of analysts here are convinced that not all the photos being released of North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-il, are really photos of Kim Jong-il.

Instead, they say, a look-alike has been standing in for him on some of the 122 trips he's reportedly made this year to the countryside, factories, cultural events, military units, and all sorts of other venues.

Some observers say the North Korean leader is too ill to make all these appearances. One Japanese analyst claims President Clinton didn't meet with Kim Jong-il in August – he met with a Mr. Kim double.

The evidence of Kim stand-ins is far from verified, but several North Korean refugees here say that Kim has not one but several look-alikes playing his role.

Still, it's logical that for security reasons, Kim has one or more stand-ins, as did former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein before the US invasion in 2003. One argument is that Kim has no time for all those trips outside Pyongyang while his health remains uncertain and he's preparing his youngest son to take over as early as next year.

Ha Tae-young, president of Open Radio for North Korea, which broadcasts two hours a day via shortwave into North Korea, cites the word of one recent North Korean defector.

"He says he knows a girl whose father is the actor for Kim Jong-il," says Mr. Ha. "Recently Kim Jong-il loses fat. He's very skinny these days. The defector says, If Kim Jong-il looks skinny, the actor can do the same thing."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: kimjongil; northkorea; x42

1 posted on 10/30/2009 1:23:03 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Whatever happened to Saddam Hussein’s lookalikes and what might they have observed while in Iraq?


2 posted on 10/30/2009 1:25:11 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (I refuse to "reduce my carbon footprint" all while Lenin remains in an airconditioned shrine)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
As if the Sink Emperor would care.
3 posted on 10/30/2009 1:25:11 PM PDT by BenLurkin (Brave amateurs....they do their part.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

This would be the ultimate sign of disrespect.


4 posted on 10/30/2009 1:25:25 PM PDT by Borges
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Like it would matter. The lookaline or the real thing just gave Clinton booze and a honey for the night and Clinton would sell out the USA like Judge David O. Carter.


5 posted on 10/30/2009 1:28:32 PM PDT by Frantzie
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Which ever one of them he met...he was quite surprized. His first question was,

"But...but, where's Kim? I came here to see Kim!"

6 posted on 10/30/2009 1:29:55 PM PDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: Free ThinkerNY

They all look alike...............


7 posted on 10/30/2009 1:31:25 PM PDT by Red Badger (If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

That’s ok. Clinton usually acts as though he is seeing double most of the time anyway!


8 posted on 10/30/2009 1:31:53 PM PDT by charles1252
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To: Free ThinkerNY

How do we know it wasn't Clinton's double that met with Kimmie's double?

9 posted on 10/30/2009 1:34:49 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

10 posted on 10/30/2009 1:37:32 PM PDT by HAL9000 ("No one made you run for president, girl."- Bill Clinton)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Yeah, one poser to another.


11 posted on 10/30/2009 1:48:05 PM PDT by charles1252
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Was he ronery?


12 posted on 10/30/2009 1:49:33 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: Free ThinkerNY
"Dat Will Kwinton is one funny guy!"

"Now WHERE Maddie!? ..I Wuv Maddie Wong Time!"

13 posted on 10/30/2009 1:50:13 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Looks like Clinton’s father got around.


14 posted on 10/30/2009 1:52:11 PM PDT by fujimoh
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To: HAL9000

Yep, it’s the rook-arike.


15 posted on 10/30/2009 1:59:50 PM PDT by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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