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 |  Subject: Wars and rumours of wars North Korea condemns visit by US aircraft carrier :  Sat Jul 12, 2014 7:45 am | |
| Wars and rumours of wars North Korea condemns visit by US aircraft carrier :Ukraine promises ‘retribution’ as at least 19 soldiers killed in rebel rocket attackon July 12, 2014Posted In: Usa, Wars And Rumors Of WarWhat will be the spark that ignites the flame?North Korea condemns arrival of USS George Washington in South for military drills as ‘sinister interference’ Image 1 of 2Crew members stand on the flight deck of Aircraft Carrier USS George Washington whilst at anchor in Busan port in Busan, South Korea. Photo: Getty ImagesNorth Korea on Saturday condemned a port visit by a US aircraft carrier to the South as a “reckless” act of provocation following proposals by Pyongyang to ease cross-border tensions.The USS George Washington arrived in the southern port of Busan on Friday for joint military exercises starting next week.A spokesman of the Policy Department of the North’s National Defence Commission (NDC) said the visit was “little short of its ‘gunboat diplomacy’ in the last century” and “in defiance” of the North’s overtures.“The US should properly understand that the more persistently it resorts to reckless nuclear blackmail and threat, the further the DPRK (North Korea) will bolster up its cutting edge nuclear force for self-defence”, the spokesman was quoted as saying by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).He said the exercises, taking place after the North reached out last week, were an “open challenge” to its efforts Ukraine promises ‘retribution’ as at least 19 soldiers killed in rebel rocket attackPresident Petro Poroshenko promises to wipe out “tens and hundreds” of pro-Russian insurgents in retribution for Grad missile attack near Russian border Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (C) at the headquarters of anti-terrorist operation (ATO) near Izyum of Kharkiv area Photo: EPAAt least 19 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed after a devastating rocket attack by pro-Russian rebels in the east of the country.The men died when a column of military vehicles was hit by Grad missiles.Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine’s president, promised retribution saying that those responsible would be “found and destroyed”.“For every life of our servicemen, the rebels will pay with tens and hundreds of their own,” he told high-ranking officers in Kiev. “Not a single terrorist will avoid responsibility, every one will get what they deserve.”It was the latest in a series of deadly strikes in the ongoing civil war between Ukrainian government forces and rebel troops in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, where the leaders of self-proclaimed “Peoples’ Republics” say they want to break away and join Russia. sourceshttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/10962359/Ukraine-promises-retribution-as-at-least-19-soldiers-killed-in-rebel-rocket-attack.htmlhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/ |
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