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by FBM » Tue Nov 23, 2010 6:38 am
Sometimes I wish they'd just start the fucking war and get it over with instead of farting around like this.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11818005
'Artillery fire' on Korea border
North Korea has fired several artillery shells across its western maritime border, prompting return fire from South Korea, reports say.
Some of the shells were reported to have landed on a South Korean island.
A television station said some houses on the island were on fire, but this has not been formally confirmed by South Korean defence officials.
The incident comes days after North Korea revealed it had a modern uranium enrichment plant.
Earlier, the US ruled out more denuclearisation talks while Pyongyang continued to work on the facility.
South Korean officials said several rounds of artillery landed on Yeonpyeong island, near the disputed inter-Korean maritime border to the west of the Korean Peninsula.
"A North Korean artillery unit staged an illegal firing provocation at 2:34 PM (0534 GMT) and South Korean troops fired back immediately in self-defence," a defence ministry spokesman told AFP.
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by Rum » Tue Nov 23, 2010 7:34 am
Hope you manage to keep dodging those shells!
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by FBM » Tue Nov 23, 2010 7:42 am
Rum wrote:Hope you manage to keep dodging those shells!
This was pretty close to a real dodging. I was in that area with my gf this past weekend. Those seafood pics I posted a couple of days ago were taken at the northwest coastal area, a few miles south of this incident.
Update:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11818005"A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it." ~ H. L. Mencken
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by FBM » Tue Nov 23, 2010 7:45 am
Skies sure are noisy around here, too. I live and work under a military flight path.
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by normal » Tue Nov 23, 2010 8:42 am
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by Rum » Tue Nov 23, 2010 9:06 am
Surely it is hard to imagine this ever really escalating to all out conflict. Except by accident of course. Pandora's box and all..
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by FBM » Tue Nov 23, 2010 9:36 am
There's an ongoing question as to how much actual control Li'l Kimmy has over the hardliners in the military. There's suspicion that the ship sinking a few months ago wasn't ordered or approved of by Pyongyang. Who knows? They've quitened down now, tho. Good timing. Beer-thirty here.
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by normal » Tue Nov 23, 2010 9:51 am
FBM wrote:There's an ongoing question as to how much actual control Li'l Kimmy has over the hardliners in the military. There's suspicion that the ship sinking a few months ago wasn't ordered or approved of by Pyongyang. Who knows? They've quitened down now, tho. Good timing. Beer-thirty here.
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I'll save your bacon!
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by FBM » Tue Nov 23, 2010 9:58 am
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by Rum » Tue Nov 23, 2010 10:12 am
We'll all be pig sick if the commies get our FBM!
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by FBM » Tue Nov 23, 2010 10:18 am
Rum wrote:We'll all be pig sick if the commies get our FBM!
I won't exactly be tiptoeing through the tulips, myself.
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by Gawdzilla Sama » Tue Nov 23, 2010 11:07 am
Dibs on your Pokemons!
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by FBM » Tue Nov 23, 2010 11:08 am
You get all my Hello Kitty accessories.
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by Gawdzilla Sama » Tue Nov 23, 2010 11:10 am
FBM wrote:You get all my Hello Kitty accessories.
If you're radioactive dust floating on the wind, I'll wear the damn things to your wake.
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by FBM » Tue Nov 23, 2010 11:27 am
Sweet. I know what I'll be shopping for tomorrow...
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