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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: Freelance Warrior

High Angle Hell.


41 posted on 12/13/2013 11:09:23 AM PST by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: Freelance Warrior

What, no sharks with freekin lasers on their heads?


42 posted on 12/13/2013 11:10:57 AM PST by nomad
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To: SevenofNine
It was known that it could take several strokes using an axe to "get the job done". The most famous was the execution of Mary Stewart (Queen of Scots). Legend says it took three chops before the lady's head was fully separated from her body. Then she had the post-mortem indignity of her head dropping out of a wig and hitting the floor when they held it up by the hair to show it to the audience.

A really sharp sword handled by someone who knew how to use it was probably the "cleanest" tool till the invention of the guillotine. Still not as quick and certain as being blown into pink mist by a mortar round. But certainly better than how folks convicted of treason not of royal blood were disposed of. The second to last scenes of Braveheart forgot to include the still connected intestines roasting on hot embers and limb removal before decapitation.

43 posted on 12/13/2013 11:10:57 AM PST by katana (Just my opinions)
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To: M Kehoe
Wouldn't a 7.62mm be cheaper? 5.56mm

Sure. In the right place.

44 posted on 12/13/2013 11:11:58 AM PST by Freelance Warrior (A Russian.)
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To: steelhead_trout

I will ask a few of my ex-artillery friends.

In writing, of course; they’re mostly deaf.


45 posted on 12/13/2013 11:12:54 AM PST by freedomlover
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To: Freelance Warrior

This is an old story. It happened a week or two after mini-Kim took over.


46 posted on 12/13/2013 11:13:21 AM PST by BuffaloJack (Democrats believe in a two-party system—the masters and the slaves.)
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To: BuffaloJack

Yep. I guess they thought they would remind people now that Uncle Jang has been offed.


47 posted on 12/13/2013 11:13:54 AM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: Freelance Warrior

Yeah but was he wearing a cup?


48 posted on 12/13/2013 11:14:10 AM PST by bunkerhill7 ("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.")
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To: Freelance Warrior

Presumably it worked better than this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnYvh_Z4rA4


49 posted on 12/13/2013 11:16:54 AM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: GeronL

No, what you see are limey helmets on each end, so the scale is outta whack!


50 posted on 12/13/2013 11:17:09 AM PST by SgtHooper (If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.)
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To: M Kehoe

Cost doesn’t matter - the NORK government will probably bill the family for the round.


51 posted on 12/13/2013 11:17:26 AM PST by AF_Blue ("America is all about speed. Hot, nasty, bad ass speed." - Eleanor Roosevelt, 1936)
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To: Freelance Warrior

He’s doing us all a big favor.. and serving as a reminder to the rest of the Norks of how far he will bend from his granddaddys image.


52 posted on 12/13/2013 11:18:20 AM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi)
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To: RightGeek

Of course they could have used RPGs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJY7DbyOgsE


53 posted on 12/13/2013 11:20:00 AM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: RightGeek

hahaha, dam Chinese-made rounds.


54 posted on 12/13/2013 11:21:24 AM PST by SgtHooper (If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.)
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To: steelhead_trout

How do you get up there to hang it and get out of the way in time? Ladder, platform? How heavy is a 160mm round?


55 posted on 12/13/2013 11:22:03 AM PST by Sequoyah101
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To: katana

Roast,,,
ugh,


56 posted on 12/13/2013 11:31:09 AM PST by Big Red Badger ( - William Diamonds Drum - can You Hear it G man?)
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To: Freelance Warrior
I notice the Telegraph article does not provide a source for stating Jang was taken out by mortar. Two sources did state he was machine gunned to death (see below). There have been much earlier reports of using mortar rounds to obliterate military persons who opposed Jong Un and with almost the same quote as used here in this article, re: "down to his hair". Whichever method, it is safe to say Jang is no more. Hawon Jung ‏@allyjung "Jang was executed by machine gun, says S.#Korea MP, head of intelligence committee. Military says no unusual troops movement in N.Korea yet." Jaehwan Cho 조재환 ‏@hohocho S.#Korea's ruiling party congressman Seo Sang-ki : "We presumed Jang Song Thaek was executed by heavy machine gun"
57 posted on 12/13/2013 12:00:56 PM PST by miele man
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To: SevenofNine

Actually, Anne Boleyn was beheaded with a sword.


58 posted on 12/13/2013 12:07:06 PM PST by IronJack
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To: Freelance Warrior

They had requested to borrow Little David on diplay at Aberdeen Proving Ground.


59 posted on 12/13/2013 12:09:14 PM PST by edpc (Wilby 2016)
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To: Freelance Warrior
Ave Caesar, mortari te salutant!
60 posted on 12/13/2013 12:10:28 PM PST by mikrofon (Say "Un-uncle")
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