Tiptoeing around the truth - North Korea
From
Google/AFP:
N.Koreans believe torpedo sank warship
North Korean soldiers believe a South Korean warship that sank last month was hit in a premeditated military operation approved by leader Kim Jong-Il, a South Korean activist said on Wednesday.
Pyongyang has denied it was responsible for the mystery blast near their disputed sea border, which left 46 sailors dead and further stoked tensions between the neighbours.
The suggestion that the North may have been responsible came as South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak called the communist North the world's "most belligerent" state.
Choi Sung-Yong, a campaigner for the return of South Koreans abducted by Pyongyang, told AFP: "Despite Pyongyang's denial, many North Korean soldiers believe a torpedo sank the ship."
Choi said his claim was based on a telephone conversation with an unnamed North Korean army officer. South Korean officials refused to comment.
Seoul has so far refrained from pointing the finger at the North over the sinking of the 1,200-tonne Cheonan on March 26 and said only that an "external explosion" was the most likely cause.
Pyongyang has accused Seoul of seeking to shift the blame in order to justify its hardline policy toward its neighbour.
It will be interesting to see if some North Korean piece of military hardware goes ka-boom in the next year or so...
Posted by DaveH at April 26, 2010 6:35 PM