ALERT NORTH KOREA SHELLS SOUTH ISLAND- SOUTH RETURNS FIRE

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N. Korea fires artillery into sea near border with South - Yonhap News http://bit.ly/gFK2Y5
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Update: S. Korea reports it has returned fire after shelling from North - Reuters http://reut.rs/hGnsdU


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RT @YonhapNews: (URGENT) Four S. Korean soldiers wounded by N. Korean artillery fire: military officials http://bit.ly/fnmFVE

 

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N.Korea shells fall on S.Korea island, injuries: YTN

SEOUL (AFP) – Several North Korean artillery shells landed on a South Korean border island Tuesday, damaging homes and causing injuries, YTN television reported.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/2010112...ary?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

 

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North Korea artillery fire hits South island

SEOUL | Tue Nov 23, 2010 6:17am GMT

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea on Tuesday fired dozens of artillery shells at a South Korean island, setting buildings on fire and prompting a return fire by the South, Seoul's military and media reports said.

Seoul's YTN television quoted a witness as saying 60 to 70 houses were on fire after the shelling.

The military confirmed the exchange of firing, without providing more details.


http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE6AM0TH20101123

 

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(LEAD) N. Korea fires dozens of rounds of artillery toward S. Korean island
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Yonhap)

-- North Korea on Tuesday fired dozens of rounds of artillery toward South Korean waters and an island near the tense west sea border, the South's military said.

The North's artillery shells fell at 2:34 p.m. in the South's waters off the island of Yeonpyeong, some of them landing directly on the island, said Col. Lee Bung-woo, spokesman at the South's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). The South's military responded with its own artillery fire.


http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2010/11/23/0200000000AEN20101123007000315.HTML

 

[mt4design]

dozens of rounds? well... that seems to show intent on the part of NK, doesn't it?

cr*p.

Mike

 

[dragonslayer2001]

.....

It is quite possible that it will start in the Koreas and not the M.E. or between Pakistan and India.


It most certainly will NOT start with Russia which is not and has not been the major threat for two decades, regardless of the great fear many have against them.


We do NOT live in the same world you grew up in. Break free just a little bit from your programming and think like you were made anew. Forget what you have been TOLD to fear all your lives. Take a fresh look at the headlines of the last few years, and especially those of the last few weeks.


China, and in a way Mexico, are more of a current threat to all of US and has been for many years now.


Your Masters kept you fed while they made deals with these to take away your future meals, and your power.

 

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live coverage said over 200 shells!!!

http://openonlinetv.com/aljazeera
Showing smoke from island

 

[mt4design]

200 shells?

Wouldn't that be akin to softening a target ahead of invasion?

What is the other hand doing?

Mike

ETA: Watching at the link... Dear Lord God...

 

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W7VOA Steve Herman
RT @YonhapNews: (URGENT) ROK fighter jets deployed to west sea to counter N. Korea's artillery fire, official says - http://bit.ly/hdTjpM
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W7VOA Steve Herman
Islanders saying #DPRK firing has ended but #ROK is continuing to fire into N. Korea now.
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W7VOA Steve Herman
ROK officials confirm F16 jets scrambled in response to #DPRK shelling of a S. Korean island.
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@REUTERSFLASH: S.Korea top presidential aides meeting in underground bunker at presidential compound - Official (via @AnnNyberg)


THIS IS BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Mr. Mayor]

http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/11/23/2010112301235.html?Dep1=news&Dep2=top&Dep3=top

2010/11/23 2:43PM

About 50 N. Korean shells landed on Yonpyong Island and its shore.
Houses destroyed and fire broke out.

Military reports that the shells were fired from Kaemori shore artillery base in N. Korea.
S. Korean military fired 30 shells in return.

A resident in the island said, in a telephone conversation with YTN(SK cable news network,) “50 shells landed near a village and military bases. The place is completely destroyed. Flames are everywhere and fire engines are putting out fire. Tens of houses were burned down.”

Let's see what the networks are reporting - CNN (Natalee Holloway and the Chilean miners), MSBC (The Last Word with Some Liberal), Fox (Greta)

 

[mt4design]

Reports of dead in the little coastal villages... civilian dead.

So much is made of unintended civilian casualties when we drop a bomb and NK is TARGETING civilians.

Mike

 

[Mr. Mayor]

FIRST PHOTOS

Can anyone translate?

 

[buff]

this can be big..

If we even try to negotiate with NK at this point we are totally losing face..

NK needs to be locked the F down...

 

[Mr. Mayor]

 

[Mr. Mayor]

FIRST CASUALTY REPORTS - FROM CHOSUN.COm
4 S. Korean marines wounded. some critical
2 S. Korean civilians wounded

 

[Mr. Mayor]

Update: S. Korea says it has scrambled F16 jets after N. Korean island attack - AP

 

[Mr. Mayor]

FROM SKYNEWS:

South Korea says it has returned fire after claiming around 200 North Korean artillery rounds hit one of its islands.
Seoul says the country is on its highest non-wartime alert and F16 fighter jets have been scrambled to the island.

Around 60 to 70 houses were ablaze after the shelling, according to a witness.

Two people were injured while another report claimed four soldiers were hurt.

The rounds landed on Yeonpyeong island and also went into the sea near the countries' disputed western border.

South Korea says its troops then returned fire.

Between 1,200 and 1,300 people reportedly live on the island. TV pictures showed black and white smoke rising from the location.

The firing comes amid tension over North Korea's claim that it has a new uranium enrichment facility.

The countries' western maritime boundary has long been a flash point between the two Koreas.

The North does not recognize the border that was unilaterally drawn by the United Nations at the end of the 1950-53 Korean War.

North and South Korea have fought three bloody skirmishes near the maritime border in recent years, most recently in November 2009.

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Wo...red_Artillery_Onto_An_Island_And_Into_The_Sea

 

[Mr. Mayor]

FOX NEWS - Breaking News: S. Korea Scrambles Fighter Jets After N. Korean Island Attack

live in the island, citing an island resident. TV pictures showed black and white smoke rising from the island.

 

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CNN covering now

F-16's en-route

 

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If the South is firing back, WHAT are they hitting?

 

[Spirit Of Truth]

Was wondering why God had me napping and waking early.

Live feed: http://openonlinetv.com/aljazeera

The Apocalypse wave may be starting.

http://thespiritoftruth.blogspot.com/

 

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W7VOA Steve Herman
#ROK military officials saying #DPRK attack continuing.

 

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W7VOA Steve Herman
#DPRK this morning reportedly demanded training on Yeongpyeong immediately halt or it would consider the maneuvers as aggression.

 

[Mr. Mayor]

 

[Mr. Mayor]

WIRE REPORT - The Republic of South Korea is now on TOP ALERT STATUS. Scrambled confirmed and military command alert level raised to highest level. 2 a.m. Eastern Tuesday

 

[Mr. Mayor]

SkyNewsBreak: Reuters: South Korea warns of a stronger response if North Korea continues provocations

 

[Mr. Mayor]

SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak on Tuesday convened an emergency meeting of security-related ministers to discuss countermeasures against North Korea's abrupt artillery attack on a South Korean island near the inter-Korean western sea border, presidential aides said.

Ahead of the arrival of Cabinet ministers at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae, Lee was meeting with his senior secretaries over the North Korean provocations, according to the aides.

Earlier on Tuesday, North Korea reportedly fired about 50 artillery shells toward the South's Yeonpyeong Island, wounding at least four South Korean soldiers and destroying properties on the island in the Yellow Sea.

Cheong Wa Dae spokeswoman Kim Hee-jung told reporters that the Seoul government was now looking into the exact motive behind the North's sudden artillery attacks.

"Our Navy was conducting a maritime exercise near the western sea border today. North Korea has sent a letter of protest over the drill. We're examining a possible link between the written protest and the artillery attack," said Kim.

http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2010/11/23/14/0301000000AEN20101123007800315F.HTML

 

[Mr. Mayor]

SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Tuesday fired dozens of rounds of artillery toward South Korean waters and an island near the tense west sea border, the South's military said.

The North's artillery shells fell at 2:34 p.m. in the South's waters off the island of Yeonpyeong, some of them landing directly on the island, said Col. Lee Bung-woo, spokesman at the South's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). The South's military responded with its own artillery fire.
"We upgraded the military's alert posture on North Korea," Lee said.

An unspecified number of artillery rounds from the North fell on the South Korean island and the South's military is checking damage to civilians, Lee said.

The North's firing comes as the South Korean forces conducted a routine drill in waters near the island, JCS officials said.

 

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W7VOA Steve Herman
Islanders say some fleeing Yeongpyeong by fishing boats amid #DPRK shelling. #Korea

 

[Mr. Mayor]

BBC - A BBC correspondent says this is one of the most serious incidents between the two Koreas since the end of the war.

 

[Mr. Mayor]

BBC - This western maritime border has been the scene of numerous clashes between the two Koreas in the past. In March, a South Korean warship went down near the border with the loss of 46 lives. International investigators say a North Korean torpedo sank the ship, although Pyongyang denies any role in the incident.

 

[Mr. Mayor]

MARKET RESPONSE - The dollar and the Swiss franc strengthened after North and South Korea exchanged artillery fire, boosting demand for safer assets.

The greenback rose against all of its 16 major counterparts except the franc as South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that North Korea fired “several” artillery shells into the South near the two nations’ western border. The euro declined for a second day against the dollar on speculation an election in Ireland will hinder the nation’s aid talks with the European Union and the International Monetary Fund.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-...-election-prospect-will-hinder-aid-talks.html

 

[denfoote]

Don't these two trade shells all the time???

 

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LiveNewsWire Live News Wire
ALERT: Witness says shelling of South Korean island appears to have stopped - Reuters

 

[Mr. Mayor]

YONHAP - (URGENT) Four S. Korean soldiers seriously wounded, 10 slight injured by North's shelling: official

 

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Don't these two trade shells all the time???

NO

 

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Aerial shot of the island from KBS

 

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(LEAD) Lee orders efforts to stem spread of armed clash with N. Korea
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Yonhap)


-- President Lee Myung-bak on Tuesday instructed his senior secretaries to take measures to prevent the escalation of a west sea armed clash triggered by North Korea's abrupt artillery fire.

"(We) should carefully manage the situation to prevent the escalation of the clash," Lee was quoted as saying by his spokesman before presiding over an emergency meeting of security-related ministers at an underground bunker of the presidential office.

http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2010/11/23/0200000000AEN20101123007900315.HTML

 

[Spirit Of Truth]

If North Korea was intent on a full-scale fight, it would not open a conflict in this sort of piecemeal fashion IMHO. North Korea could have invaded and overtaken Yeonpyeong if it were serious. This has long been a concern. Now overrunning the island would be more difficult since ROK forces are fully alert. Likewise, a full-scale North Korean invasion of South Korea is more difficult because tactical surprise is gone. Nevertheless, if South Korea were to respond aggressively this could be used as a casus belli and might be what Pyongyang is fishing for.