Jul 24 - North Korea Threatens Nuclear Attack

NORTH Korea has threatened to respond with nuclear weapons to a major US-South Korean naval exercise starting this weekend, saying it is ready for a "retaliatory sacred war".

The threat came from the powerful National Defence Commission (NDC), chaired by leader Kim Jong-Il, as tensions grew over the sinking of a South Korean warship which Seoul and Washington blame on Pyongyang.

The North routinely threatens war in response to joint military exercises by the two long-time allies, calling them a rehearsal for war.

But tensions have been high for the past two months, since the US and South Korea accused the North of torpedoing the warship with the loss of 46 lives.

The North denies involvement and says the "smear campaign" is a pretext for aggression.

The United States and South Korea have announced four-day joint exercises beginning on Sunday - the first in a series - in what they say is a bid to deter North Korea's "aggressive" behaviour.

"All these war manoeuvres are nothing but outright provocations aimed to stifle the Democratic People's Republic of Korea by force of arms to all intents and purposes," the NDC said in a statement on Pyongyang's official news agency.

"The army and people of the DPRK will legitimately counter with their powerful nuclear deterrence the largest-ever nuclear war exercises to be staged by the US and the South Korean puppet forces."

The exercise "is as reckless an act as waking up a sleeping tiger", it said.

The North's people and army would "start a retaliatory sacred war of their own style based on nuclear deterrent any time necessary" to counter the US and South Korea, which were pushing the situation to the brink of war, it said.

In response to the warnings, the US administration called on North Korea to tone down its "provocative" statements.

"We are not interested in a war of words with North Korea," State Department spokesman Philip Crowley said in Washington. "What we need from North Korea is fewer provocative words and more constructive action."

Mr Crowley said the North's comments were "irresponsible and precisely why we are committed to denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula."

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates warned in Seoul on Wednesday of possible further "provocations" following the warship attack as a succession process gets under way in the North.

Ailing leader Kim Jong-Il, 68, is widely reported to be preparing to name his youngest son as eventual successor.

South Korea's military said it was closely monitoring the North's military moves in border areas but had not detected any unusual activities.

In a show of force, Seoul and Washington announced the exercise involving 200 aircraft, 8000 service personnel and 20 ships including an aircraft carrier in the Sea of Japan.

And US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton disclosed plans for new sanctions on the impoverished communist state to punish it for the sinking and force it to scrap its nuclear weapons program.

The North staged atomic weapons tests in 2006. It carried out another test in May last year, a month after quitting six-party nuclear disarmament talks.

In a separate statement, Pyongyang's foreign ministry vowed "strong physical measures" against the sanctions and pledged to strengthen its nuclear deterrent.

The comments came after the North on Friday threatened a "physical response" to the drills while the United States accused it of waging a campaign of provocation.

The war of words dominated an Asia-Pacific security forum in Hanoi attended by Clinton and North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui-Chun on Friday.

In Hanoi yesterday, South Korea's Foreign Minister Yu Mying-Hwan called for stern measures against the North.

"For the time being, the international community should take stern measures in the face of North Korean provocations, and make the North realise its armed provocations will face consequences," Yonhap news agency quoted him as saying.


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Were all doomed

remember when they threatened us with missiles only for us to learn the threat was horribly photoshooped?

I think after July 27 N. Korea will calm down with that s**t. They will be to busy playing Starcraft 2 and will just call peace for another 10 years.

they can holla when their missles can fly over japan without crashing into the ocean

Guess getting humiliated in FIFA '10 IRL is giving that b**ch of a nation PMS.

I wonder where in the US they are planning to bomb?

nah them niggas is shook

wont do s**t.

they threaten nuclear attacks like twice a week

shoulda blown kim jong il off the map a minute ago for running his mouth

Realistically what if they really did strike ???

the worst of the worst would happen.. if they successfully bombed america we would wipe them off the face of the earth.. but only to start the ever dreaded WWIII with their allies Iran, the surviving north koreans, and all others who take their side.

i personally have my doubts that this will happen because of the amount of power and allies that the United States has, those opposing us would be severely outnumbered.. but we also dont know exactly how many nuclear bombs korea and iran have access to, so they could begin somewhat of a suicide attack just to devastate the planet.

we cant forget that the leaders of both North Korea and Iran are total psychopaths who brainwash their people and constantly publicly show extreme hate against the rest of the world.. they have just been constricted within their own countries by the UN.

the fact that NK has stated that they will begin this war if US and SC make their naval advancements scares me.. because the US and the UN have no intent on backing down. (the UN has agreed that North Korea had disobeyed the sanctions set on them from the korean war, and are applying stricter sanctions because of the recent boat sinking)


so we can only hope and pray that the united states defense is strong enough to stop this threat, because it seems all to real. (not mentioning the numerous predictions made for this war/end of the world in the past years)

f**kin pussies

Im bout to call the illuminati and we gunna end this ish now

if they were to strike it wouldnt be the us.

goddamit im moving to south korea in a month

Trust me, we got that power.
Ol' Kim Jong-Il dont know what we have coming for him now.


P.S.
Also theres an Illuminati Meeting Monday at 7:30p.m. and new members if you want to join you have to bring some one to sacrifice

I don't even think they have weapons that can reach the US? Plus we have the Star Wars defense system...Not to mention we have Russia on our side. ^__^

they just need to off that lil angry midget Kim Jong b**ch already.

smh, got damn koreans, well...time to make some tax free money, OORAH

Everyday this lil mafuka talking s**t, always mad for dum s**t. one day he will see his end, and it will come real quick if he try anything.

He got short man syndrome, what can u expect? he gunna be mad