Freed reporters say they were dragged into NKorea

[derby378]

Source: Associated Press

Two American television reporters imprisoned in North Korea for months say communist soldiers "violently dragged" them back when they returned to Chinese soil after briefly crossing into the reclusive country.

In an article posted Tuesday on Current TV's Web site, Laura Ling and Euna Lee said they hesitantly followed their guide when he beckoned them across a frozen river into the North and were "firmly back" on the Chinese side when North Korean border guards grabbed them on March 17.

"We tried with all our might to cling to bushes, ground, anything that would keep us on Chinese soil, but we were no match for the determined soldiers," the journalists wrote in their most thorough account of the circumstances of their arrest. "They violently dragged us back across the ice to North Korea and marched us to a nearby army base, where we were detained."

At the time of their arrest, the two were reporting a story for San Francisco-based Current TV about North Korean women who were forced into the sex trade or arranged marriages when they defected to China. After their capture, Lee and Ling were sentenced to 12 years of hard labor for trespassing and "hostile acts" against North Korea.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090902/ap_on_re_us/us_nkorea_journalists_freed

[Buzz Clik]

1. Dragged back into North Korea. They'd already crossed the border...

... and were trying to run away.

[Javaman]

6. So if you ran into Canada, did something, then you were pursued

back into the US; you are okay with Canadian officials coming into the US and dragging you back into Canada without the US knowing?

Have fun with that.

[Rebubula]

8. Not even...

...remotely comparable.

Sometimes when you ride the Tiger, you may find it difficult to dismount.

I am glad that they are home and Bubba was able to be a hero again - but they screwed up and entered a place they knew was verboten.

[MichellesBFF]

2. Makes you wonder

How much their guide was paid to get them to cross the border?

[AllieB]

3. Manchurian-candidate style.

[Mika]

4. Multi million dollar movie deal in the works.

Trying to gin up the dramatic ($) value of their story?

Who will play Bill Clinton?

[WriteDown]

5. Ron Jeremy...

Could not resist. :rofl:

[Vidar]

9. Maybe Mel Gibson can play a part -- in drag.

[bigworld]

7. Crossing illegally into N Korea

is about the dumbest thing one could do.