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North Korean Leader Suffered Stroke?
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ABC News' Jonathan Karl reports: US intelligence believes North Korea's dictator Kim Jong II may be seriously ill.
"There are good reasons to believe that Kim Jong Il has suffered a health setback. It could even be a stroke," a senior US official told ABC News.
"There is reason to believe it was serious," the official adds. What are those reasons? US officials won't say. But for several days there have been reports -- both in the South Korean press and in secret US intelligence channels -- that suggest the North Korean leader is ill.
Adding weight to those reports, today Kim failed to appear at the parade marking the 60th anniversary of the founding of North Korea. In previous anniversaries of North Korea's founding, Kim attended elaborate parades in which lines of soldiers saluted him, and rocket launchers and armored vehicles rumbled through Pyongyang.
"This is a major parade, something that he has been at virtually every year since he was born," a U.S. defense official tells ABC News Kim, who holds absolute power over North Korea, has not been seen in public for a month.
However US officials caution that as with everything about North Korea notoriously secretive government, the information about Kim's health is spotty.
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Too much expensive booze no doubt - - -
Posted by: Dave | Sep 9, 2008 11:44:01 AM
Too much expensive booze no doubt - - -
Posted by: Dave | Sep 9, 2008 11:45:10 AM
Well well,
Seems the Republican's schemes, (ALA Reagan during the Carter elections with Iran and the hostages), have failed at another attempt at fooling and "scaring" the American public.
How coincidental that just months before the presidential election, the North Koreans were now backing out of negotiations and re-starting their "nuculer" program, the the delight and "horror" of Republicans everywhere.
McCain was counting on using the "threat" to advance his position as strong in the midst of the "dangers" posed by a resurgent North Koreans and rogue sponsors of terror everywhere. I wonder who else is on the payroll to set off some "fireworks" before the election. (Hmmm, maybe someone allegedly living in the Pakistan/Afghan border region perhaps???)
I wonder how much slush-fund cash the Republican operatives paid that little spoiled playboy bohemian from the north of the peninsula?
Republicans - "Business" as usual
Posted by: Hard line | Sep 9, 2008 11:57:12 AM
You can be sure McCain will call this new development another Bush success and Palin will say she's been praying for Kim Jong II to get sick. LOL
Posted by: dan | Sep 9, 2008 12:01:13 PM
This is great news!!! Good for the people of North Korea, now the people need to rise up against the communist regime.
Posted by: Colorguru1 | Sep 9, 2008 12:05:30 PM
So ronery....
Posted by: Hans Brix | Sep 9, 2008 12:15:00 PM
I'd like to inherit his seriously extensive video collection.
Posted by: pLANETaX | Sep 9, 2008 12:23:13 PM
Maybe some of his guards poisoned his ass
Posted by: Wm. J. LePetomaine | Sep 9, 2008 12:28:13 PM
In a communist regiem when a leader is sick it means that he is dead and they are just trying to figure out who will succeed him.
Posted by: Jeff | Sep 9, 2008 12:28:58 PM
I am waiting to see how Bush will "orchestrate" our foreign policy and world politics to intervene on McCain's behalf in these last weeks before the election.
The North Korean issue was already smelling as fowl as a Republican campaign promise.
The shuffling of troops in Iraq over to Afghanistan also smacks of election-driven policies.
What more world events can Bush wrangle the puppet strings on so it looks like Pinocchio is a "real" boy?
The sad reality is that Bush has been saving these "trump" cards up his sleeve to use just on an occasion like this election. Why just solve a world crisis when you can solve the crisis AND make political/financial gain along the way?!
It's more important to get into office than to accomplish any thing meaningful for the American people, as Republicans' agendas are far more intricate that actually getting anything relevant accomplished without strings attached.
Political office serves so many "greater needs", as Abramoff has shown us recently.
The office of the President has become a sham, as well as those of Governors here in the US.
I just hope there will be justice in the end, with all the trimmings.
Posted by: Hard line | Sep 9, 2008 12:30:58 PM
It's Bush's fault. Seriously, hopefully this will leader to something better for the N. Korean people.
Posted by: Bill | Sep 9, 2008 12:35:04 PM
It's Bush's fault. Seriously, hopefully this will leader to something better for the N. Korean people.
Posted by: Bill | Sep 9, 2008 12:35:04 PM
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Yes, hopefully Korea can unite, once and for all!
It's so sad when you analyze it;
An Asian country/culture divided over Western dogma (capitalism vs Marxism).
That's like a Muslim and a Jew fighting over what lights to put on the Christmas tree!
Posted by: Berg | Sep 9, 2008 12:41:26 PM
Are you people all drinking the conspiracy theory koolaid or what?
Posted by: Susie Q | Sep 9, 2008 12:43:43 PM
Are you people all drinking the conspiracy theory koolaid or what?
Posted by: Susie Q | Sep 9, 2008 12:43:43 PM
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Yeah, that's it. That stuff never happens does it!?
Secret deals? Hah! Never!
No, it's all black and white, like a press release.
You're right.
So, go away now and let us dance the ritual right of koolaid drinkers and let our bloating corpses pollute not your mind's eye.
Posted by: koolaid drinker | Sep 9, 2008 12:48:55 PM
Hard line, I think your tin foil hat is too tight.
Posted by: Henry B. | Sep 9, 2008 12:52:24 PM
Hard line, I think your tin foil hat is too tight.
Posted by: Henry B. | Sep 9, 2008 12:52:53 PM
You are worfress, Awec Bawwin!
Posted by: tony | Sep 9, 2008 1:00:47 PM
AIDS perhaps. Hope it is painful!
Posted by: Attitude Dude | Sep 9, 2008 1:09:12 PM
Hard line, I think your tin foil hat is too tight.
Posted by: Henry B. | Sep 9, 2008 12:52:53 PM
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Henry B.
I think your colostomy bag is full.
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Posted by: Hard line | Sep 9, 2008 1:09:43 PM
I want to inherit his euro/asian women collection
Posted by: TT | Sep 9, 2008 1:29:22 PM
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