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S.Korea hesitates bringing sea attack to UN council

 
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FredDaSked



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 6:13 am    Post subject: S.Korea hesitates bringing sea attack to UN council Reply with quote
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N02187217.htm

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South Korea accuses North Korea of torpedoing South Korea's Cheonan corvette in March, killing 46 sailors -- the deadliest military incident since the Korean War. It has vowed to bring the case to the council to demand a rebuke for Pyongyang.


Not much of a gamble for the Old South. I guess they have a friend in high places at the UN these days.
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FredDaSked



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 6:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
this from the UN Sec Gen webpage

http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=34866&Cr=international+criminal+court&Cr1=

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At ICC review conference, Ban declares end to 'era of impunity'

31 May 2010 � More than one decade after the International Criminal Court (ICC) was set up, a new �age of accountability� is replacing the �old era of impunity,� Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon underlined today.
any kind of a coincidence, do you think?
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Spike



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 3:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
2MB did it!! Shocked
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mmstyle



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 4:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Apparently, there is a rumor going around in S now that it was an American sub, and some people are treating this as credible!
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FredDaSked



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 6:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
mmstyle wrote:
Apparently, there is a rumor going around in S now that it was an American sub, and some people are treating this as credible!
hey, man, you tryin' to start a rumor? Razz
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DM24



Joined: 06 Apr 2010
PostPosted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 6:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
FredDaSked wrote:
mmstyle wrote:
Apparently, there is a rumor going around in S now that it was an American sub, and some people are treating this as credible!
hey, man, you tryin' to start a rumor? Razz
that sounds like a conspiracy theory. don't you think if it were an american sub that there would be american families outraged and in mourning as opposed to south korean ones?
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FredDaSked



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 6:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
then again. . .maybe the Chinese are.

http://groups.google.com.au/group/soc.culture.singapore/msg/9f0314c8b3f6be0b

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The following version, supposedly leaked by the Chinese military,
suggests that the USA had accidentally sunk SK's Cheonan warship.

http://newamericamedia.org/2010/05/did-an-american-mine-sink-the-sout...
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Did an American Mine Sink South Korean Ship?

BEIJING - South Korean Prime Minister Lee Myung-bak has claimed
"overwhelming evidence" that a North Korean torpedo sank the corvette
Cheonan on March 26, killing 46 sailors. U.S. Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton claimed that there s "overwhelming evidence" in favor
of the theory that North Korea sank the South Korean Navy warship
Cheonan. But the articles of proof presented so far by military
investigators to an official inquiry board have been scanty and
inconsistent.

There's yet another possibility, that a U.S. rising mine sank the
Cheonan in a friendly-fire accident.

In the recent U.S.-China strategic talks in Shanghai and Beijing, the
Chinese side dismissed the official scenario presented by the
Americans and their South Korean allies as not credible. This
conclusion was based on an independent technical assessment by the
Chinese military, according to a Beijing-based military affairs
consultant to the People Liberation Army.
this is worth reading. Don't put it past the Chinese government to continue being Communist.
Adding to it, there's no getting past the implication that the US government is spoiling for a fight with NK over the right to say who is and is not an "aggressor nation". So the whole thing merges into confusion, which is the breeding ground for. . .other things to happen. Dis information is some beautiful disinformation, all right!
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mmstyle



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 7:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
My husband's CT told him yesterday (with a straight face, apparently) that some people now consider the US sub a possibility.
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Bibbitybop



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 7:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Because Sweden and Switzerland are totally falsifying their investigation.
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AsiaESLbound



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 7:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
What would a US sub had been doing there without communicating with ROK military in the area? The Americans do military operations with South Korea, but they wouldn't be just sneakily hanging out to sink a South Korean corvette. I smell conspiracy theory on this one. This may be a way to cool things down, because the South doesn't want a war as that would cause them to lose big money in big business. The South just wants to make money and not have these stupid troubles.
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murmanjake



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 8:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I didn't check the link to what Fred posted, but the cut and pasted version didn't say anything about a sub.

It said that it was an American "rising mine." Now that sounds to me like something that mighta already been there, and then accidentally exploded/run into. It's a bit more credible of a story than the idea that people here are talking about, that an American sub deliberately fired upon the Cheonan.

In the case that it was an accident and the US was at fault, who better to blame it on than NK?
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