S. Korea President Speaks About Beheading

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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's president said his nation was "wrenched with grief" Wednesday over the beheading of a South Korean hostage in Iraq, but reaffirmed his resolve to deploy troops there and vowed to "deal sternly" with terrorism.

President Roh Moo-hyun condemned the slaying as a crime against humanity and rejected the kidnappers' claim that a South Korean plan to send 3,000 additional troops to Iraq would hurt Iraqis. He said the soldiers would help rebuild the country, not fight its people.

Militants decapitated Kim Sun-il after Seoul refused to meet their demand to cancel its deployment. In a video released by the captors Sunday, Kim pleaded with his government to end its involvement in Iraq, screaming, "I don't want to die."

"The South Korean plan to send troops to Iraq is not to engage in hostilities against Iraqis or other Arab people, but to help reconstruction and restoration in Iraq," Roh said in a brief, nationally televised speech Wednesday morning.

http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20040623/D83CIS580.html

[xchrom]

1. the whole thing is tragic beyond

my comprehension -- iraq will go down as nothing but a nightmare for humanity.
thank you george, you dim son of a bitch.

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[Kazak]

3. Bye...

:hi: