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Post by Wes on Aug 16, 2010 18:49:19 GMT 10
SouthKorea, US launch massive war games SOUTH Korea and the US have launched a new round of war games involving tens of thousands of troops, despite threats of retaliation from North Korea. The massive military drill involving some 30,000 US troops and 56,000 South Korean troops began today, a spokesman for South Korea's defence ministry said. The 10-day computerised military exercise is one of a series being staged by by the South - either alone or jointly with the US - in the aftermath of the sinking of one of its warships in March. Pyongyang warned today that its army and people would "deal a merciless counterblow" to the US and South Korea over the war games. The sinking of the corvette the Cheonan in March with the loss of 46 lives sharply raised tensions on the Korean peninsula, with a multinational inquiry determining that it was caused by a North Korean torpedo. Pyongyang has vehemently denied it was involved in the sinking and threatened retaliation for this week's military exercises, which it branded preparations for a full-scale "military invasion". In a message posted on a US military website, General Walter Sharp, who heads some 28,500 US troops based in the South, described the exercise as "one of the largest joint staff directed theatre exercises in the world". www.news.com.au/world/south-korea-us-launch-massive-war-games/story-e6frfkyi-1225905915374
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Post by brillbilly on Aug 16, 2010 20:38:16 GMT 10
i bet someboby further north dont like it
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Post by shatnerswig on Aug 17, 2010 4:51:42 GMT 10
is this a new one or was the other one just a navy exersise?
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Post by brillbilly on Aug 17, 2010 5:35:00 GMT 10
is this a new one or was the other one just a navy exersise? its a new bigger one wiggly
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Post by gambit on Aug 17, 2010 8:03:10 GMT 10
The game of world chess continues. But who are the pawns?
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Post by brillbilly on Aug 19, 2010 1:12:17 GMT 10
The game of world chess continues. But who are the pawns? well,iran is one,NK,yemen,lebonon,any STAN?
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