Return-Path: <sentto-279987-4943-1025762680-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 [204.181.12.215] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.7.4) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Wed, 03 Jul 2002 23:06:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 10599 invoked by uid 510); 4 Jul 2002 06:04:19 -0000 Received: from n27.grp.scd.yahoo.com (66.218.66.83) by all.net with SMTP; 4 Jul 2002 06:04:19 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-4943-1025762680-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.67.199] by n27.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 04 Jul 2002 06:04:40 -0000 X-Sender: fc@red.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_7_4); 4 Jul 2002 06:04:40 -0000 Received: (qmail 58309 invoked from network); 4 Jul 2002 06:04:40 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m6.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 4 Jul 2002 06:04:40 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO red.all.net) (12.232.72.152) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 4 Jul 2002 06:04:39 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by red.all.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) id g64650210956 for iwar@onelist.com; Wed, 3 Jul 2002 23:05:00 -0700 Message-Id: <200207040605.g64650210956@red.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> X-Yahoo-Profile: fcallnet Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 23:05:00 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [iwar] [fc:N..Korea.Launches.Propaganda.Attack] Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No, hits=3.2 required=5.0 tests=RISK_FREE,FREE_MONEY,DIFFERENT_REPLY_TO version=2.20 X-Spam-Level: *** N. Korea Launches Propaganda Attack North Korea Launches Propaganda Counterattack, Says U.S. Pushed Relations to Brink of War The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea June 30 ‹ North Korea launched a blistering propaganda counterattack Sunday, saying the United States had pushed relations to the brink of war and that South Korea was guilty of "noisy, false propaganda" over the sea battle in which four southern sailors were killed. The belligerent North also refused as the "height of impudence" the South's demand for an apology and again said the sea border along which the fight took place was an illegal boundary imposed by the United States at the end of the 1950-53 Korean War and should be redrawn. The United States maintains 37,000 troops in the South to prevent a resumption of fighting, which ended in an armistice but has never been made official through a peace treaty. The South Korean military said North Korea suffered about 30 casualties in the fight Saturday, though independent confirmation was not possible. Without elaborating, North Korea said it suffered losses. The battle broke out Saturday morning after two North Korean patrol vessels accompanying fishing boats crossed the sea border, South Korean officials said. Seoul claimed one of the northern patrol boats opened fire after ignoring warnings to retreat. North Korea, however, accused the South of starting the fight by entering what it claimed was communist-controlled water in the Yellow Sea. The fighting was worst clash between the Koreas in three years. Besides the four South Korean sailors who died, 19 among the 27-member crew were injured. One sailor was missing after the patrol boat sank. The sea border was calm Sunday, and South Korean President Kim Dae-jung was in Japan to watch the World Cup soccer final and meet Japanese leaders. He was expected to return to Seoul on Tuesday. "The government will take necessary steps so the people can engage in their business without concerns," said Kim, who has urged his military to be more vigilant. Within hours of the battle Saturday both Seoul and Washington charged the North with violating the armistice. North Korea has been lashing out at the United States since President Bush last January lumped the country together with Iran and Iraq as "an axis of evil." "This is a declaration of a showdown of strength on the Korean peninsula and an extremely dangerous attempt to drive North Korea-U.S. relations to the brink of war," said Rodong Sinmun, the newspaper of the North's ruling Workers' Party. A North Korean navy spokesman was quoted by the official KCNA news agency as calling the South Korean version of the fight "a premeditated sheer fabrication made to serve its sinister purpose of laying blame for the incident at our door." The sea border is "a bogus line unilaterally and illegally drawn by in the 1950s and our side, therefore, has never recognized it," KCNA quoted the official as saying. North Korea wants the border to be moved to the south, allowing Pyongyang access to rich crab and fishing waters. South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported the North delivered a letter Sunday to the U.S.-led U.N. Command demanding the current sea border be abolished. Navy Staff Sgt. Hwang Chan-kyu recounted the 21-minute battle Sunday in a television interview from his hospital bed in Seoul. "I could see the number '608' on the North Korean ship and thought the distance was pretty close," he said. "All of a sudden, I saw a glint of bright light from the enemy ship and a moment later, our ship was ablaze," said Hwang, who suffered minor shrapnel wounds and had a bandage around his head. He said the South Koreans returned fire, and Ahn Gi-seok, a navy commodore at the South Korean office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, estimated there were 30 North Korean casualties. Hwang said North Korean shots hit his ship's steering room, fatally wounding the commanding officer, Lt. Yoon Young-ha. "Lt. Yoon was bleeding heavily from his back but was still alive, so I tried artificial respiration on him but it wasn't helpful," Hwang said. "A few feet away, I saw another colleague dying, and I pulled the trigger on my machine gun like a madman." Hwang said he also saw another sailor struggling to reload his automatic rifle with only one hand after losing his left hand in enemy fire. It was unclear how the clash might affect U.S. efforts to end a prolonged suspension of security talks with North Korea. Washington has proposed talks in the second week of July in North Korea. The skirmish Saturday was a setback to President Kim's "sunshine" policy of trying to engage the isolated North. Opposition lawmakers say the policy is too lenient. On Sunday, two North Korean warships and about 30 fishing boats appeared in the disputed area but did not cross the border, South Korea said. South Korean ferry services to the area resumed. Also Sunday, 540 South Koreans left by ship on a sightseeing tour of scenic Diamond Mountain on North Korea's east coast. The tourist program is a major source of cash for the impoverished North. In 1999, a series of border violations by North Korean ships touched off the first naval clash between the two Koreas since the Korean War. One North Korean warship sank and about 30 North Korean sailors died, according to South Korea. Several South Korean sailors were wounded. ------------------------ Yahoo! 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