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Re: North Korea detains 2 American journalists
I've never understood, why is communism such a dirty word in America?
Probably because as someone else mentioned the few examples there are were ruled by dictators who locked out outsiders, overall the country was in poverty, a progress was lacking (with the exception of China on the last one). Have you ever owned anything from the USSR? Hear of any of their cars? No!! Why? They were pieces of shit. Anyone remember the Yugo?? Came out the same time as South Koreas Hyundai. Hyundai thrived, Yugo lasted 2 years here. I actually used a 16mm film camera for the Soviet Union about 10 years ago. Biggest piece of junk I ever seen. I couldn't figure out how they got there focus done correct unless you manually guessed where it should be (hard to explain, but the lens has to be an exact distrance from the camera, and I mean exact, within a millimeter. Yet there were no settings, you just twisted it on until it was the correct distance).
Anyway, Kim Jung Il is a nutcase. I saw a docu once on N Korean escapees, now this is just word of mouth, but they said people are eaten there as food for poor people. Again, just word of mouth, but I think where there is smoke there's fire as to how poor the citizens are there. As for this, the March 20th date seems coincidental. Maybe these hostages were taken to assure we will leave with China this day. I'm not saying it's right, just saying it's pretty coincidental they were take 3 days prior.
Re: North Korea detains 2 American journalists
Again, just word of mouth, but I think where there is smoke there's fire
I heard your former president worships a giant owl called "Moloch".
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Re: North Korea detains 2 American journalists
Attacking North Korea could piss off China. Not to mention the bases we have in South Korea would be nothing more than a speed bump to the North Korean Army.
The question you have to ask yourself is do we want to lose shit loads of American Soldiers over trying to to bring back to American reporters? It's easy for those who only see war from the TV to vote yes, but I know a couple guys who may resent the idea.
I say try diplomacy first. If they refuse, then maybe, maybe some covert action is needed.
Re: North Korea detains 2 American journalists
SEOUL - Two U.S. journalists arrested last week by North Korean guards at the border with China have been moved to the capital Pyongyang and are being interrogated there, a newspaper said on Tuesday, quoting intelligence sources.
The arrest of the pair at the Tumen River came at a time of mounting tension on the Korean peninsula, with the North accusing the United States and South Korea of waging war exercises, while Pyongyang continued preparations to launch a long-range missile.
"We understand the two female reporters are staying at a guest house in the suburb of Pyongyang overseen by the Security Command (the North's intelligence agency) and are being interrogated," the JoongAng Ilbo newspaper quoted an intelligence source as saying.
The two, who South Korean media said were named Euna Lee and Laura Ling, were arrested before dawn on March 17 and driven in separate cars the next day to Pyongyang, JoongAng Ilbo quoted intelligence officials as saying.
South Korea's National Intelligence Service could not immediately comment on the report.
The pair, who media sources say were working for U.S.-based online news company Current TV, probably crossed the river and were on the North Korean side at a point where the current narrowed in a secluded part of the river, the newspaper said.
A State Department official said Washington has contacted North Korean authorities about the two and was seeking their immediate release.
An American cameraman, Mitch Koss, and a Chinese guide who was with the three were detained by Chinese police, media said.
"The male American citizen involved in the case has left China," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang told reporters on Tuesday.
He did not comment on the status of the two reporters in North Korea.
A diplomatic source said the two reporters were on the frozen Tumen river, which runs along the eastern portion of the border with China, when they were taken by North Korean security guards.
The arrest has raised alarm in Washington because it took three months to secure the release of an American in 1996 after he was detained by North Korean guards when he crossed the Yalu River that also separates the North and China.
The Associated Press
