AFJF Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 Awesome...this is just goddamn farkking awesome. My ass is in South Korea and waiting for my GF to fly out here in 30some days and this **** kicks off. Are you effing kidding me? SEOUL, South Korea -- A news report says a number of South Korean sailors died when their military ship sank off an island not far from North Korea. South Korea's Yonhap news agency cited an unidentified naval official early Saturday as saying there were some deaths. The military says it cannot confirm the report but says 58 of the 104 crew members on board the ship that sank late Friday were safe. The military scrambled naval vessels to the western waters near the disputed maritime border with rival North Korea late Friday after an explosion ripped a hole in the bottom of a military ship, officials and news reports said. South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported an explosion in the rear of the 1,200-ton ship and said the military had not ruled out the possibility of an attack by North Korea. However, the military official said the exact cause was not immediately clear and said he could not confirm the Yonhap report. A rescue mission was under way and the military moved to strengthen its vigilance near the maritime border, the site of three bloody naval clashes in the past between the warring Koreas. The divided peninsula remains in a state of war because the three-year Korean conflict ended in a truce, not a peace treaty, in 1953. Earlier Friday, North Korea's military threatened "unpredictable strikes," including a nuclear attack, in anger over a report that South Korea and the U.S. were preparing for possible instability in the totalitarian country. After the ship began sinking, President Lee Myung-bak convened an emergency meeting of security-related ministers, Yonhap said, citing presidential spokeswoman Kim Eun-hye. She said it wasn't clear yet whether North Korea was involved in the ship's demise. Six naval ships and two coast guard vessels were rushed to the waters to save the crew, Yonhap said. Rescue helicopters and ambulances also sped to the scene, the military official said. By 12:30 a.m. Saturday, with the ship nearly submerged, 58 of the soldiers had been rescued, the official said. There were no immediate confirmation of any casualties. Yonhap reported earlier that a South Korean ship fired shots toward an unidentified target in the direction of North Korea. The military official confirmed that shots were fired but said the object detected by radar may have been a flock of birds. Baeknyeong Island, four hours' by boat from the port of Incheon, is the westernmost point of South Korea and is a key military post for South Korea because of its proximity to the North. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryK Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 interesting... but was it the North? or China? or the South pretending to be the North? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneStarLady Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 +1. It sounds like they don't know yet -- or at least aren't saying for sure that it was NK. Still pretty crazy and must be tense over there now. Hope it doesn't affect you directly or your GF's trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Banner Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 I honestly think if someone offered these tin pot dictators 10-20 million to retire and let their countries go on without them they would do it and all these problems would go away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenranger Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 Kim Jong Ill is dying. Once he goes that entire government will fall apart, the war will end, and Korea will be reunited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guido Monzino Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 I honestly think if someone offered these tin pot dictators 10-20 million to retire and let their countries go on without them they would do it and all these problems would go away. I hope that isn't a serious comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenranger Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 I hope that isn't a serious comment. It came out couple of years ago that if it had been offered, Saddam would have turned Iraq over to us for $1 billion and left the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Division Marduk Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 It came out couple of years ago that if it had been offered, Saddam would have turned Iraq over to us for $1 billion and left the country. And with Kim Jong Il being such a movie fan, we should give him Hollywood to rule as he sees fit if he'll step down in NK. Everybody wins. Except Arec Bardwin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenranger Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 And with Kim Jong Il being such a movie fan, we should give him Hollywood to rule as he sees fit if he'll step down in NK. Everybody wins. Except Arec Bardwin. What are you talking about? Alec Baldwin would love that. As far as Hollywood goes let Kim have it. Then once we get control of North Korea, we bomb Hollywood. Then Alec Baldwin loses and I win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 It came out couple of years ago that if it had been offered, Saddam would have turned Iraq over to us for $1 billion and left the country. Yes, but then Gee Dubya could not have pretended to be a "war president." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Jet Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 interesting... but was it the North? or China? or the South pretending to be the North? Wasn't that done already in 1939 Poland? I doubt it was the South. North Korea is crazy and delusional enough to do this. This could indeed get hot very quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Jet Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 Yes, but then Gee Dubya could not have pretended to be a "war president." What a surprise coming from you. "No politics" as you like to say when it's convenient for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetscott Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 need a tissue? He busted on Georgie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIGHT STALKER Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 need a tissue? He busted on Georgie So, is it open season on the "annointed one"? Nah, let's give the political stuff a rest before this gets locked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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