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[FredDaSked]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N02187217.htm

[FredDaSked]

this from the UN Sec Gen webpage

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

[Spike]

2MB did it!!

[mmstyle]

Apparently, there is a rumor going around in S now that it was an American sub, and some people are treating this as credible!

[FredDaSked]

[DM24]

[FredDaSked]

then again. . .maybe the Chinese are.

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

[mmstyle]

My husband's CT told him yesterday (with a straight face, apparently) that some people now consider the US sub a possibility.

[Bibbitybop]

Because Sweden and Switzerland are totally falsifying their investigation.

[AsiaESLbound]

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.

[murmanjake]

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?

[AsiaESLbound]

A mine? OK. But, but, but what about the North Korean torpedo parts and chemical analysis finding that it was a NORK torpedo instead of a mine?

[bacasper]

[hari seldon]

Here's the text of the letter that South Korea submitted to the UN Security Council:

H.E. Ambassador Claude Heller

President of the Security Council

United Nations

4 June 2010

Excellency

I have the honour to bring to the attention of the Security Council the armed attack on 26 March 2010 by North Korea against the Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy ship Cheonan (PCC-772) on patrol duties in the territorial waters of the ROK, 2.5 kilometers off the southwestern coast of Baekryong Island. The attack resulted in the sinking of the 1,200-ton ROK corvette leading to the deaths of 46 ROK servicemen on board.

The attack by North Korea was substantiated in the investigation conducted by the Joint Civilian-Military Investigation Group (JIG) of the ROK with the participation of international experts from Australia, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States, and the Multinational Combined Intelligence Task Force (MCITF) comprised of the ROK, Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. Based on material evidence obtained through the scientific and objective investigation, it was determined that the sinking was caused by an underwater explosion by a torpedo made in North Korea. The investigation result further established that additional evidence points overwhelmingly to the conclusion that the torpedo was fired by a North Korean submarine. This corroborates that North Korea is responsible for the armed attack.

The armed attack by North Korea against the ROK Navy ship is a flagrant violation of the Charter of the United Nations, the 1953 Korean Armistice Agreement and the 1992 Agreement on Reconciliation, Non-aggression and Exchanges and Cooperation between the South and the North. As such, the armed attack by North Korea constitutes a threat to the peace and security on the Korean Peninsula and beyond.

My government requests that the Security Council duly consider this matter and respond in a manner appropriate to the gravity of North Korea's military provocation in order to deter recurrence of any further provocation by North Korea.

I should be grateful if you would have the present letter and enclosure circulated as a document of the Security Council.

Park In-kook

Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations

Enclosure: Investigation Result on the Sinking of the ROKS "Cheonan"

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N04130942.htm

At a minimum, I expect the Security Council will be asked to vote on a censure motion. It will be interesting to see if China votes in favor, abstains or blocks the motion.