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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Wed Jun 20, 2018, 08:24 AM Jun 2018

North Korea to Begin Handing Over U.S. Remains, Officials Say

Source: The Daily Beast




American military authorities in South Korea are reportedly preparing for North Korea to hand over in the next few days the remains of U.S. service members who went missing in the Korean War, U.S. officials said late Tuesday. Pyongyang is expected to deliver the remains to the United Nations Command in South Korea before they are transferred to the Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii, according to officials cited by Reuters. One U.S. official told the publication a “sizable number” of remains was expected from North Korea, though no further details were available on the exact number or whether they are the remains of U.S. or allied service members. President Trump has repeatedly touted the imminent return of the remains as a major accomplishment of his June 12 summit with Kim Jong Un. The last time North Korea turned over U.S. remains was in 2007, though the remains of more than 200 U.S. service members are thought to still be located in various cemeteries and areas throughout the countryside.

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North Korea to Begin Handing Over U.S. Remains, Officials Say (Original Post) DonViejo Jun 2018 OP
While the returning of any American remains is very positive, there is nothing... Guilded Lilly Jun 2018 #1
More bullshit.... Zoonart Jun 2018 #2
They dna-test the remains ansible Jun 2018 #5
Alleged U.S. Remains atreides1 Jun 2018 #3
N/T Zoonart Jun 2018 #4

Guilded Lilly

(5,591 posts)
1. While the returning of any American remains is very positive, there is nothing...
Wed Jun 20, 2018, 08:31 AM
Jun 2018

honorable, decent or “nice” about Kim Jong Un.
Nor the Cretin, whose simpleton,dense, mean ignorance will cause the domestic body count to rise exponentially.

Zoonart

(11,847 posts)
2. More bullshit....
Wed Jun 20, 2018, 08:40 AM
Jun 2018

Who knows what "remains" they are handing over to the "parents" who have "begged" tRump for the return of their loved ones? Those parents would be over 100 years old. This is NK giving cover to tRump and providing him with another "win". Why? you ask?
Ask Vlad.
Or... is it just another lie? (YHATZEE!)

Will a forensic pathologist be DNA matching these remains? Just more bullshit from the bullshit machine.

The headline should read "North Korea hands over a bunch of unidentified bones. They have plenty of them....they belong to their own citizens."

Another propaganda win for the orange menace just in time for his bund rally tonight. Hummmmmmmm.





 

ansible

(1,718 posts)
5. They dna-test the remains
Wed Jun 20, 2018, 04:15 PM
Jun 2018

The military spends a considerable amount of resources locating and id'ing remains of soldiers and making sure they get back to their families.

atreides1

(16,072 posts)
3. Alleged U.S. Remains
Wed Jun 20, 2018, 08:43 AM
Jun 2018

Until the they have been confirmed by the US lab in Hawaii, they are just the remains of someone who was disinterred!

According to the US Department of Defense as of May 31,2018 the estimated number of unaccounted U.S. personnel is 7,702.

Only 7,502 sets of remains to go!!!

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