N. Korea threatens war if U.S. shoots down satellite

[babylonsister]

N. Korea threatens war if U.S. shoots down satellite

By Tim Johnson | McClatchy Newspapers


BEIJING — North Korea on Monday put its armed forces on standby, severed a military hot line with South Korea and warned that any attempt by the United States to shoot down a rocket launch would trigger an immediate war.

The escalation in tensions coincided with the onset of joint U.S.-South Korean war games, which brought a U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier off the Korean Peninsula.

Scores of South Koreans were stranded at the Kaesong industrial complex several miles inside North Korea, where dozens of companies from South Korea have set up factories.

Pyongyang appeared to be moving ahead with plans to send what it claims is a communications satellite into orbit. U.S. and Japanese officials charge that the launch is a cover for a test of North Korea's latest-generation ballistic missile, potentially powerful enough to hit Alaska, and that their own antimissile batteries may try to shoot it down.

"Shooting our satellite for peaceful purposes will precisely mean a war," said a statement in the name of Pyongyang's general staff of the military, carried by the official Korean Central News Agency.

Pyongyang said it had put its armed forces on "full combat readiness," and it vowed immediate retaliation for any strike.

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http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/63567.html

[graywarrior]

1. They're looking for a bailout like everyone else

[hvn_nbr_2]

2. Who knew that face looming over Alaska wasn't Putin's?

It was really Kim Jong Il, and dear Sarah can't keep watch for us because you can't see North Korea from her porch.

[Pavulon]

3. Which they will loose, and many koreans will die in..

oh you want more food and oil to stfu. Next time just say so.

[spanone]

4. come on people now, smile on each other everybody get together try to love one another right now

Love is but the song we sing,
And fear's the way we die
You can make the mountains ring
Or make the angels cry
Know the dove is on the wing
And you need not know why
C'mon people now,
Smile on your brother
Ev'rybody get together
Try and love one another right now
Some will come and some will go
We shall surely pass
When the one that left us here
Returns for us at last
We are but a moments sunlight
Fading in the grass
C'mon people now,
Smile on your brother
Ev'rybody get together
Try and love one another right now
If you hear the song I sing,
You must understand
You hold the key to love and fear
All in your trembling hand
Just one key unlocks them both
It's there at your command
C'mon people now,
Smile on your brother
Ev'rybody get together
Try and love one another right now
Right now
Right now!

[SoCalDem]

5. What would WE do, if someone deliberately shot down one of our satellites

just sayin'..

we might not actually start a full-blown war.l.but then we are also not North Korea..

It makes little sense to keep poking bee hives.. We should have learned something from the Bush-Doctrine..

Many entities have satellites..theirs may not even work properly..or for long..

We have to stop trying to be "boss-of-the-world"..

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

6. If Iraq is any indication, we'd probably invade Bhutan.

After the CIA and Pentagon spokesmen informed us about the WMD's stored in the monasteries.

[caraher]

7. I'm not worried that anyone would bother actually trying to shoot it down

What does worry me is that if the launched is botched North Korea will claim it was shot down.