N. Koreans Rally in Support of Military Strike
Tens of thousands of North Koreans held a huge rally Friday, in support
their leader's threat of a possible military strike against the United
States.
Soldiers, workers and students marched through Kim Il Sung square in Pyongyang. The North's leader, Kim Jong Un, was not present.
The rally came after Kim Jong Un ordered preparations for rocket strikes on the U.S. mainland and American military bases in South Korea, Guam and Hawaii.
The North's official Korean Central News Agency said the leader put his rocket units on standby Friday, after an overnight emergency meeting with top army commanders. He said the "time has come to settle accounts" with the United States.
His order came shortly after nuclear-capable U.S. B-2 stealth bombers flew over an island off the coast of the Korean peninsula. The maneuver was part of ongoing military drills with South Korea.
The bombers flew non-stop from an air force base in the central U.S. to the Korean peninsula, before returning to their home base.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel linked the B-2 flights to recent North Korean provocations, which included threats to launch nuclear strikes on South Korea, and the United States and its Pacific allies.
Tensions on the Korean peninsula are at their highest in years, with both the North and the U.S.-backed South demonstrating their military preparedness during military exercises.
Analysts say Pyongyang is not yet capable of mounting an operational nuclear warhead on a missile. But many of its neighbors are worried they may be easier targets for the North's conventional weapons.
Fuente:
http://www.voanews.com/content/north-koreans-rally-to-support-threat-of-military-strike/1630983.html
Soldiers, workers and students marched through Kim Il Sung square in Pyongyang. The North's leader, Kim Jong Un, was not present.
The rally came after Kim Jong Un ordered preparations for rocket strikes on the U.S. mainland and American military bases in South Korea, Guam and Hawaii.
The North's official Korean Central News Agency said the leader put his rocket units on standby Friday, after an overnight emergency meeting with top army commanders. He said the "time has come to settle accounts" with the United States.
His order came shortly after nuclear-capable U.S. B-2 stealth bombers flew over an island off the coast of the Korean peninsula. The maneuver was part of ongoing military drills with South Korea.
The bombers flew non-stop from an air force base in the central U.S. to the Korean peninsula, before returning to their home base.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel linked the B-2 flights to recent North Korean provocations, which included threats to launch nuclear strikes on South Korea, and the United States and its Pacific allies.
Tensions on the Korean peninsula are at their highest in years, with both the North and the U.S.-backed South demonstrating their military preparedness during military exercises.
Analysts say Pyongyang is not yet capable of mounting an operational nuclear warhead on a missile. But many of its neighbors are worried they may be easier targets for the North's conventional weapons.
Fuente:
http://www.voanews.com/content/north-koreans-rally-to-support-threat-of-military-strike/1630983.html
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