South Korea warns North of 'enormous retaliation' after attack

[marmar]

from Guardian UK:



South Korea warned today that it will unleash "enormous retaliation" if North Korea launches fresh attacks against its territory.

North Korean troops bombarded Yeonpyeong, an island in disputed waters, with dozens of rounds of artillery earlier today, reportedly killing two South Korean soldiers and injuring around 20 people.

Seoul placed its military on its highest non-wartime alert level, scrambling F-16 fighter jets to the western sea and returning fire, officials said. It warned that the attack was a violation of the armistice that ended the Korean war in 1953.

The South Korean president, Lee Myung-bak, who convened an emergency security meeting shortly after the initial bombardment, said an "indiscriminate attack on civilians" could never be tolerated.

"Enormous retaliation should be made, to the extent that (North Korea) cannot make provocations again," he said. ........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/23/north-korea-condemned-south-korea

[Renew Deal]

1. Someday the civilized world will get a true look into North Korea

And I bet the horrors will be incomprehensible.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. Next comes a war

We are moving to the end of the armistice

[StandingInLeftField]

3. Well, 2012 may be all she wrote, after all.

Sigh.

[onehandle]

4. They would be an 'enormous' hole in the ground almost instantly. nt

[somone]

5. North Korea does not attack without clearance from China

This is serious stuff. China must have given them permission.