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North Korean army minister 'executed with mortar round'
The Telegraph ^ | 1:55PM BST 24 Oct 2012 | Julian Ryal

Posted on 12/13/2013 10:27:46 AM PST by Freelance Warrior

A North Korean army minister was executed with a mortar round for reportedly drinking and carousing during the official mourning period after Kim Jong-il's death.

On the orders of Kim Jong-un to leave "no trace of him behind, down to his hair," according to South Korean media, Kim Chol was forced to stand on a spot that had been zeroed in for a mortar round and "obliterated."

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: jangsongthaek; kimchol; mortar; northkorea
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To: liege

North Korea re-edited a documentary to cut the uncle out.


21 posted on 12/13/2013 10:44:45 AM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: steelhead_trout

160mm?

Shouldn’t we call that a cannon by that size?


22 posted on 12/13/2013 10:45:34 AM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: steelhead_trout
Well at least it was quick.

Yes, painless death - maybe it was considered a privilege.

23 posted on 12/13/2013 10:46:56 AM PST by Freelance Warrior (A Russian.)
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To: SevenofNine

Broadsword wielded by a French sword master ... at her request.


24 posted on 12/13/2013 10:51:08 AM PST by katana (Just my opinions)
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To: GeronL
Shouldn’t we call that a cannon by that size?

I guess no: a cannon has another operating principle.

25 posted on 12/13/2013 10:51:23 AM PST by Freelance Warrior (A Russian.)
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To: Freelance Warrior
Beheading v. hung, drawn and quartered.

Mortar round v. industrial shredder.

Pretty easy choice, right?
26 posted on 12/13/2013 10:51:48 AM PST by Robert Teesdale
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To: Freelance Warrior

So its an O/S thing. Like “Hi, I’m a cannon” “and I’m a mortar”


27 posted on 12/13/2013 10:52:18 AM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: Freelance Warrior

IIRC, the Soviets did have a 240mm mortar. And it was a breech-loader; I guess it would be hard to hand drop a round of that size. But I think it depends on angle. Above a certain angle, the category changes from howitzer to mortar. Any ex-gunners out there could clear this up.


28 posted on 12/13/2013 10:53:41 AM PST by steelhead_trout (MYOB)
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To: Freelance Warrior
. . drinking and carousing . .
some of my favorite longtime activities, good thing Im not a NORK. . .
29 posted on 12/13/2013 10:54:56 AM PST by ßuddaßudd (>> F U B O << "What the hell kind of country is this if I can only hate a man if he's white?")
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To: katana

Oh okay I thought it was ax

I think that French weapon least Henry VIII request her last wish


30 posted on 12/13/2013 10:54:58 AM PST by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: steelhead_trout

It depends on the angle to?

Ah, come on. A massive breech-loading mortar.... dude, that’s a cannon!

Why the denial? does it need a therapist?


31 posted on 12/13/2013 10:55:16 AM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: Freelance Warrior

When I was a child growing up I watched looney toons for entertainment and I guess Kim Jong-un (who is still a man child) did this for his own entertainment.

They say there was to much violence in the cartoons of my day....HaaaaaHaaaaaHaaaa.


32 posted on 12/13/2013 10:55:37 AM PST by Johnny_cash (10 out of 10 idiots voted for 0Bama!)
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To: Freelance Warrior

That should do it!!!


33 posted on 12/13/2013 10:57:53 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: GeronL
Maybe. But I don't think there's a couch big enough for it to lay on!
34 posted on 12/13/2013 10:58:09 AM PST by steelhead_trout (MYOB)
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To: glorgau
I’d bet that it was like that video where they tried to blow up the whale. Chunks everywhere.

I dunno. Being at the business end of a mortar round, I would think there'd be nothing left of him but a pink mist.

35 posted on 12/13/2013 10:59:29 AM PST by COBOL2Java (I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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To: steelhead_trout

I wouldn’t want it to be upset with me, so I’ll stop teasing it now.


36 posted on 12/13/2013 11:00:16 AM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: Freelance Warrior

Why waste a perfectly good mortar round? Just wrap him like a mummy with some det cord.


37 posted on 12/13/2013 11:06:04 AM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: exit82

38 posted on 12/13/2013 11:07:24 AM PST by Lizavetta
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To: Freelance Warrior
Wouldn't a 7.62mm be cheaper?

5.56mm

39 posted on 12/13/2013 11:07:43 AM PST by M Kehoe
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To: Freelance Warrior

Uncle gone......so ronrey.....


40 posted on 12/13/2013 11:08:32 AM PST by petro45acp (It's a fabian thing.....how do you boil a frog? How's that water feelin right about now?)
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