From: "mart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: "mart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Fw: North Korea: "The world faces another war" ----- Original Message ----- From: Rick Rozoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 5:24 AM Subject: North Korea: "The world faces another war" "We hold that the action of the United States should not be a source of a vicious circle of terrorism and retaliation which may plunge the world into the holocaust of war. "The use of armed forces or war to kill innocent people and aggravate the regional situation and disturb regional stability...cannot be justified under any circumstances." Tuesday October 9 4:29 AM ET North Korea: World Faces War After US-Led Raids By Martin Nesirky SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Tuesday the world was facing a war after the U.S.-led retaliatory strikes on Afghanistan and vowed vigilance against what it called Washington's hostile policy toward Pyongyang. In the first comment on the military action launched on Sunday night, the North Korean Foreign Ministry said the Communist state opposed terrorism but armed forces should not be used to aggravate regional stability and kill civilians. ``The world faces another war,'' the ministry said in comments published by the official KCNA news agency. North Korea, which Washington classifies as a ``rogue state'' and state sponsor of terrorism, was swift to condemn the September 11 suicide air attacks which killed nearly 5,600 people in the United States and prompted this week's strikes on targets in Afghanistan. ``We hold that the action of the United States should not be a source of a vicious circle of terrorism and retaliation that may plunge the world into the holocaust of war,'' the ministry said. ``The use of armed forces or a war to kill innocent people and aggravate the regional situation and disturb regional stability...cannot be justified under any circumstances,'' KCNA quoted the North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman as saying. NORTH VOWS VIGILANCE The United States says the strikes are aimed at flushing out the man it holds responsible for last month's attacks, Saudi-born militant Osama bin Laden, and the Afghan Taliban government which has given him refuge. President Bush has said countries are either with or against the United States in the fight against terrorism. Seemingly mindful of this, Pyongyang has reiterated it condemns the September 11 attacks and said countries may be right to participate in an international anti-terrorism campaign. But it has criticized Japan for wanting to change the status of its self-defense forces, which are constitutionally limited. The North Korean spokesman said Pyongyang ``had done what it was obliged to do to combat terrorism'' but complained Washington still kept the country on its list of sponsors of terrorism. ``Under this situation the DPRK is following the situation with vigilance,'' the spokesman said, using the acronym for North Korea's official title -- the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. ``The DPRK is proud that it has increased its national defense capabilities of its own choice in every way no matter what others may say,'' KCNA quoted the spokesman as saying. ``The DPRK will closely watch the developments in full readiness to cope with any case.'' It did not elaborate on the North's capabilities. Western military experts say the North has some one million men under arms. The United States has 37,000 troops based in South Korea. South Korea has not reported any unusual military build-up in the North since the September 11 attacks. South Korea, which is seeking to improve ties with North Korea through its ``sunshine policy'' of gradual rapprochement, has voiced strong support for the U.S.-led military raids. _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
