N. Korea fires on S. Korea - It was a clear provocation!!

[xomputer]

Report: N. Korea fires on S. Korea, injuring at least 4 - CNN.com
North Korea on Tuesday fired artillery into the sea near its tense western sea border with South Korea, injuring at least four South Korean soldiers, the Yonhap news agency reported.

Some of the artillery landed directly on an inhabited island, and South Korea's military returned fire, Yonhap said, citing Col. Lee Bung-woo, spokesman for the South's Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The firing began about 2:30 p.m. local time. The South Korean army raised its alert condition and braced for any possible fire, the report said.

Images of plumes of smoke were quickly broadcast on Yonhap television, but it was not immediately clear what the artillery had hit

It was a clear provocation!!!

 

[Ozmar]

Report: N. Korea fires on S. Korea, injuring at least 6 - CNN.com

Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- North Korea on Tuesday fired artillery into the sea near its tense western sea border with South Korea, injuring at least four South Korean soldiers and two civilians, the Yonhap news agency reported.
At least 200 rounds of artillery hit an inhabited South Korean island after the North started firing about 2:30 p.m. local time, Yonhap said.
South Korea's military responded with 80 rounds of artillery and deployed fighter jets to counter the fire, the report said.

 

[Moon]

north Korea will soon collapse under the weight of its own criminal and incompetent regime, and the south will have to pick up the pieces of whatever's left. I only hope the thugs running the abomination known as the People's Republic of Korea have the minimum amount of class required to go out alone, and not try to take any innocents with them. The sooner they go, the better for the civilized world.

 

[USArmyRetired]

This is serious. Bases were attacked and people have been killed. Fighters have been scrambled. It's not the 3am call that Hillary talked about but it's close enough. Here is a link with pictures of the shelling and it looks bad.

Scroll down in thread for pics and this thread has good sources:

N. Korea fires artillery towards S. Korean island, official says(houses destroyed, fire broke out)

http://twitter.com/breakingnews

 

[xomputer]

North Korea fired dozens of artilley shells at the South Korea island of Yeonpyeong, off the west coast of the Korean peninsula.
Dozens of houses are on fire after the shelling and the South Korea military is now trying to determine the degree of damage.
Yeonpyeong is burning up in flames right now.

The North has continuously carried out provocative actions against South Korea, but an outright artilley shelling is unprecedented Basically, a wartime provocation has now occurred in Yeonpyeong.

South Korean military has returned fire abiding by the engagement rules, and is now analyzing the North's motives.
Why the North carried out such an action is irrelevant now.
The important issue is that North Korea intentionally carried out an organized attack.

This might be a warning against the South Korean military's "Hoguk" training, which started yesterday.
However, firing artilley shells against the Sough during midday is clearly an act of war.
North Korea must take responsibility for this action and the global community, along with South Korea, should seek effective retaliation measures.

 

[DiveCon]

Two Koreas exchange fire across maritime border - Yahoo! News

 

[DiveCon]

North Korea fires artillery onto island, South says as it scrambles fighter jets

 

[Reasoning]

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[Reasoning]

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[DiveCon]

Report: N. Korea fires on S. Korea, injuring at least 6 - CNN.com

Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- North Korea on Tuesday fired artillery into the sea near its tense western sea border with South Korea, injuring at least four South Korean soldiers and two civilians, the Yonhap news agency reported.
At least 200 rounds of artillery hit an inhabited South Korean island after the North started firing about 2:30 p.m. local time, Yonhap said.
South Korea's military responded with 80 rounds of artillery and deployed fighter jets to counter the fire, the report said.

there is another thread on this
but this one has the better title

 

[elvis]

merged.

 

[JBeukema]

 

[USArmyRetired]

This is Obama's 3am call. I bet he slept throught it!!!

 

[martybegan]

The Cold War may have been tense, but I don't recall artillery ever being flung by either side over the Inter-German Border.

Either the NK's are really pushing for some sort of payoff, or they have finally gone completely batshit insane and are ready for a war.

 

[rightwinger]

North Korea is throwing another hissy fit as they seek attention. The South is more than capable of handling this incident. They always have

 

[WillowTree]

Don't ya'll libruls hurt a hair on nary a North Korean's head ya hear? I'm sure they done this cause South Korea has raped their women and pillaged their villages and squandered all of their resources. Now the way libruls see it NK is well validated in it's complaints and if you don't think so you're a racist.

Make em some mo tea libruls.

 

[AmericanFirst]

Obama is ball less, he will not do anything.

 

[ba1614]

Obama is ball less, he will not do anything.

Wrong, he'll think about it for at least a week, then fuck it up somehow!

 

[Two Thumbs]

Obama is ball less, he will not do anything.

There's nothing for us or him to do.

Unless NK invades SK we have to sit and hope for the best. Even the SK Pres said to use restaint.

 

[Two Thumbs]

I said over year ago when it came out the Jung was sick and may die soon, that he would not die alone.

When he gets to what he feels is near death, millions will die.