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North Korea Bombs South Korean Island
Posted: Nov 23, 2010
JUST TO BE SURE, I CHECKED OTHER SITES. LOCAL NEWS IS NOT STATING MUCH.
North Korea bombs hit borderline
Bombay News.Net
Tuesday 23rd November, 2010
Dozens of homes have been destroyed by artillery on the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong.
Reports from authorities in the area have confirmed the incident occurred when North Korea fired on the island.
It is believed South Korean soldiers were injured in the blasts.
South Korea has issued its highest non-wartime alert in response to what has been called the most serious incidents between the two powers since the Korean War in the 1950s.
As many as 200 shells were fired at the island and into the sea near the western border, prompting Seoul to return the fire.
South Korea has now deployed fighter jets to the island, which has been deserted by residents.
After the shelling, some people took to boats to escape the island while others bunkered down in specially constructed shelters.
Yeonpyeong Island is near the disputed inter-Korean maritime border to the west of the Korean Peninsula.
This western maritime border has been the scene of numerous clashes between the two Koreas in the past.
A South Korean warship went down near the border in March after being torpedoed. 46 sailors were lost.
Pyongyang was blamed for the incident but has not admitted guilt.
This site has video:
Local news states it was deadly.
You tube also has video but not much:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8hQJ84fYzk
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Uh oh. This may put the US between a rock and a hard place. - sam
[ In Reply To ..]if it escalates, do we help North Korea, and if we do, does China call in our loans?
Food for thought.
I wonder why - anon
[ In Reply To ..]the news channels aren't making a big deal of this? It was barely mentioned on the Today show. I looked it up on MSNBC. It seems like this should be a really big deal.
My opinion is they their lead from the White House... - sam
[ In Reply To ..]Obama isn't saying anything so they aren't either. They want to be sure they are on the "correct" side of it.
I suspect there is a lot of talkin' go on behind close doors right now.
Good Morning America had it as its first story - Backwards Typist
[ In Reply To ..]this morning while The Today Show spent the first 15 minutes on Prince William and Kate. I first heard it from the 6 o'clock Fox News and then Googled it.
Don't you mean South Korea? - Backwards Typist
[ In Reply To ..]China is stepping in now to try to get everyone back to the table for talks. They, as well as Russia and the U.N. are just as worried this will turn into WW III, as they know North Korea has access to nukes.
We still have 25,000 troops in South Korea and China knows it, so I'm sure they won't call in our loans over this. In fact, the whole world is outraged over this bombing.
"We hope the parties do more to contribute to peace and stability on the Korean penninsula," Foreign Ministry spokesman, Hong Lei, told reporters in Bejing. Reports on North Korea's new uranium-enrichment plant underscores the need for disarmament talks, Hong said.
Yes, meant help south, fight north.... - sam
[ In Reply To ..]no, I don't think they would call in their loans as it stands right now. However, if this escalated into a war and we got into it, which I don't know how we could really avoid....you know China's sympathies will be with the North and they have more leverage with us than they ever have, at least that is my understanding, in the form of the debt.
I realize that we are such a big part of the global economy that that would cause havoc world wide but nothing like a little havoc to start the dominoes falling. Just sayin.... :(
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