Monday, February 28, 2011

North Korea threatens U.S. and South Korea to a 'total war'

.- North Korea threatened a "total war" in response to South Korean military exercises and American troops scheduled to begin Monday and urged Seoul to stop cross-border propaganda, in an atmosphere of great tension in the area. Pyongyang deliver a "total war" in "retaliation" for military exercises and transform Seoul into a "sea of fire" on Sunday North Korea's official KCNA agency.

"The army and people of the DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) will respond with a strengthened nuclear deterrent in our own way to cope with the continuing nuclear threat (...) and our own missiles (carried out) a strong action against their evil attempt to remove our missiles, "said the KCNA.

About 200 000 South Korean soldiers and 12 U.S. mil800 participate in the maneuvers, the North called preparation for war. The exercises are divided into two parts: an exercise of military command that runs until March 10 and other air, sea and land until 30 April. The exercises are based on different scenarios, such as a sudden drop in the North Korean regime and a massive exodus of refugees, acts of provocation or the search for weapons of mass destruction, the agency Yonhap.

The U.S. military plans to deploy its aircraft carrier during the maneuvers of 97 thousand tons, the USS Ronald-Reagan. " Pyongyang's warning contrasts with recent calls to negotiate with the United States after the failure of military talks with the South earlier this month, when North Korean makers ended a preparatory meeting.

Relations between the two Koreas following the torpedoing poisoned in March of a corvette attributed to North Korean and the November bombing an island in the South by the North Korean army. In total, 50 South Koreans were killed in two incidents. Pyongyang said on several occasions that the November bombing was in retaliation for the South Korean military maneuvers.

Seoul then conducted a series of military maneuvers, something like a show of force against the aggressive policy of the north. The South also resumed sending propaganda across the North Korean border, an initiative suspended since 2000. On Sunday, North Korea threatened, according to KCNA, to open fire if South Korea keeps sending propaganda balloon.

The North Korean military will launch "direct attacks and targeted" towards the border area where activists and military (South Korea) continue with the release of balloons with antigovernment slogans, KCNA said. Yonhap news agency said Friday that South Korean army sent across the border balloons with information on the movement of revolt in the Middle East and North Africa.

In November 2010, South Korean activists gathered near the border with North Korea to send balloons across anti-Pyongyang leaflets, DVDs, showing a starving North Koreans and dollar bills, a week after the bombing a South Korean island. South Korean officials say Pyongyang gave a new twist to its control of information to prevent the spread of news about the uprisings in the Middle East, but analysts consider it unlikely a movement of revolt in North Korea, or tied by the system Kim Jong-Il.

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