N. Korea: U.S. must cancel drill with South

[unhappycamper]

N. Korea: U.S. must cancel drill with South
By Hyung-Jin Kim - The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Mar 2, 2009 12:46:29 EST

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea demanded Monday that the U.S. call off its annual military drill with South Korea, a report said, as rare talks between the North and U.N. forces ended without clear progress on defusing tensions.

South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said the North made the demand during talks with the U.S.-led U.N. Command at the Korean border village of Panmunjom, held for the first time in nearly seven years. It came amid fears the North is gearing up to test-launch a missile thought capable of reaching U.S. territory.

Yonhap quoted an unnamed South Korean military official as saying the North warned the upcoming drill would “further stir up” tensions on the Korean peninsula.

The report said the U.N. Command insisted that the exercise — involving 26,000 American troops, an unspecified number of South Korean soldiers and a U.S. aircraft carrier — is purely defensive and not preparation for an invasion as the North claims.

North Korea has routinely condemned the regular U.S.-South Korea military drills as preparation for an invasion, although the allies have said they have no intention to attack.


Rest of article at: http://navytimes.com/news/2009/03/ap_nkorea_drill_demand_030209/%2e

[Adsos Letter]

1. "N. Korea: U.S. must cancel drill with South ..."

...or what?...

[Angleae]

2. Or else they'll warn us again.

[izquierdista]

3. Throw them a curve

Invite them to the exercise. Let them blow the horn and flash the lights on the carrier. Maybe the captain of the carrier has a big key ring they can play with while they watch.