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		Tired of being ignored, North Korea decides to do some shooting, too (today.reuters.com)		62
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elchip		2006-08-01 09:16:16 AM

When I saw this headline last night, I said to myself "Oh shiat..." but then read the article and found out that this isn't a very rare occurrence.

Richard_M_Nixon		2006-08-01 09:17:42 AM

"Prace on frat ground aray from preeple. Right fruse and gret aray."

Headso		2006-08-01 09:18:04 AM

North and South Korean troops exchanged gunfire across their heavily fortified border for the first time in about a year

Meh...

jwrebholz		2006-08-01 09:21:04 AM

This has nothing to do with anything.

Flashman73		2006-08-01 09:21:29 AM

Submitter
"Tired of being ignored"

Kim is just ronery... so ronery

Tat'dGreaser		2006-08-01 09:22:02 AM

probably just some newbie who accidently squeezed the trigger.

/maybe he was just "cleaning" his gun

Kyoki		2006-08-01 09:22:18 AM

Commonplace. Not quite as often as it used to happen, but still nothing special..

/nothing to see here, move along...

Proemas		2006-08-01 09:22:55 AM

WWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA... pay attention to me!!

Wait, why are you all looking at me? You're going to invade!

These people are nuts. Them and their over-pampered, believes-his-own-press "leader" with the bad Walkenesque haircut.

magores		2006-08-01 09:23:27 AM

FWIW ... I heard this on (Communist) China based radio station about 3 hours ago.

According to the report I heard, the DPRK shot first. 3 rounds. At a toll booth.

/I'll leave it to greater minds than mine to determine if there is any significance in this.
//"Greater minds than mine" = "You guys"

chunk75		2006-08-01 09:24:01 AM

My mirror engaged, sir!!!!

at80eighty		2006-08-01 09:25:22 AM

someone was'nt hugged enough as a kid

Bicycle safety tip		2006-08-01 09:25:26 AM

Tune in next week for the thrilling conclusion...

www.radgraphics.net

Could happen!

Free Spool		2006-08-01 09:25:41 AM

/begin threadjack

Is the SOAP banner new? Cool they're advertising on Fark...

/end threadjack

FLYNAVY		2006-08-01 09:26:17 AM

Crikey, can't everyone just settle down for the next...say month. Really want a coupla days off this month. Don't make me stop this car. Have a bad feeling I'm going to biatch slap someone tonight.

Biggie Thang		2006-08-01 09:26:48 AM

Meh, I've seen more gun fire then that on my way to work..

/ Crazy Fish heads

wtfcares		2006-08-01 09:27:18 AM

i hate you - you hate me
so shoot
damn i missed
do it again

drdipwad		2006-08-01 09:31:49 AM

Bicycle safety tip:

Leaning, ever so gradually, toward should happen....

bake420		2006-08-01 09:32:56 AM

a friend of mine was stationed on the border for a year. this is typical. just keepin each other on thier respective toes.

BigTuna		2006-08-01 09:35:53 AM

Poor Kim Jong. He quietly bides his time, waiting for a lull in world politics to fire some missiles and strike fear in the hearts of millions. His time in the sun finally arrives, and he barely gets 5 minutes of glory before he's overshadowed and returns to being the world's gnat.

slowpokepar		2006-08-01 09:36:46 AM

I have done this before at the Berlin Wall
Whne your on Gaurd duty you get bored. So sometimes the Russian,would pop off a shot at us, lol we would do the same, We spent most of the time explaining why we are 1 or two bullets short to our commander lol

ski_adk115		2006-08-01 09:38:32 AM

Remember, the Korean War is still not over! There was no formal & lasting peace settlement. For the last 50 years, both sides have been waiting anxiously for the stalemate to end.

utter_bastard		2006-08-01 09:38:52 AM

If the south koreans really wanted to cause problems they would have lobbed food over the wall.

RsquaredW		2006-08-01 09:39:48 AM

Well, the South did cut off food aid. Poor DPRK soldiers were trying to eat their bullets and when they bit down, whaddya know.

therecksays		2006-08-01 09:40:34 AM

Kay to the Jay to the Eye Ell in the hizzouse.

stompum		2006-08-01 09:43:18 AM

Hmmm....2 armies pointing guns at each other in one of the most heavily armed areas in the world. What could possibly go wrong?

MyMindIsGoingDave		2006-08-01 09:44:20 AM

It was inevitable....

utter_bastard		2006-08-01 09:44:33 AM

Vetinari		2006-08-01 09:45:06 AM

he barely gets 5 minutes of glory before he's overshadowed and returns to being the world's gnat.

OH SNAP
NO YOU DIDN'T

Oznog		2006-08-01 09:45:33 AM

inerit.. inewit... INEWITABOOL!

Dansker		2006-08-01 09:46:54 AM

Wow, a total of eight bullets fired back and forth with no injuries.
Uh, scary!

JESUS.saves		2006-08-01 09:48:38 AM

Typical violent communist-atheist behavior.
I'm not surprised or even concerned.

Psalm 25:8
Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.

NitneLiun		2006-08-01 09:56:34 AM

When I was there '88-'89 this kind of thing and worse happened every couple of weeks. I still don't believe a year has passed since the last DMZ shooting incident.

Infideldog		2006-08-01 09:56:45 AM

Sounds like the Hatlee's and McKim's are at it again.

expobill		2006-08-01 09:58:33 AM

"Psalm 25:8
Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way."

...after that daily bashing of Indonesia.

koreans should go back to doing shoots of soju!

Some Texan		2006-08-01 10:02:50 AM

Just another day in the hood.

BigTuna		2006-08-01 10:07:15 AM

Vetinari: OH SNAP
NO YOU DIDN'T

I went there, AND brought back souvenirs.

bigtuna.smugmug.com

roygbiv2		2006-08-01 10:09:02 AM

i was stationed there for a year also ... this happens all the time ... back to the mel-bashing!

Gulper Eel		2006-08-01 10:09:26 AM

magores: According to the report I heard, the DPRK shot first. 3 rounds. At a toll booth.

Update to Kim's biography - it was the Dear Leader who gave Mario Puzo tips on writing that scene with Sonny.

SwallowTheKnife		2006-08-01 10:10:41 AM

8 shots? Thats less than 50 cent took.

Oznog		2006-08-01 10:10:53 AM

Well, what am I supposed to do? You won't answer my calls, you change your number.
I mean, I won't be ignored, America!

Vetinari		2006-08-01 10:12:23 AM

Oh great BigTuna that is going to give me nightmares. Damn that is creepy

Mr.Churka		2006-08-01 10:19:38 AM

What's really dangerous is the fact that they opponents of the US are starting to wisen up. They don't have to win the wars. They can bankrupt us just fine by losing them.

veale728		2006-08-01 10:20:32 AM

FTFA: resulting in deaths and casualties on both sides.

When is a death not a casualty?

Vetinari		2006-08-01 10:30:01 AM

When is a death not a casualty?

Some list anything that removes a combatant from the field as a casualty. Anything from shell shock to the violent removal of a limb

Famous Thamas		2006-08-01 10:36:09 AM

BigTuna

That image is awesome.

veale728

Whenever I see deaths and casualties listed I always assume that the casualties refer to those injured.

NCg8r		2006-08-01 10:50:59 AM

I always thought casual ties were like Bolos, or maybe the keyboard or that funny one with the fish.

/cow skull or bull skull???

Pockafrusta		2006-08-01 10:55:10 AM

"Somebody told me it was frightening how much topsoil we are losing each year, but I told that story around the campfire and nobody got scared."

- Jack Handy

/NOT scary

Mercenary Fox		2006-08-01 11:06:14 AM

JESUS.saves

Psalm 25:8
Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.

Did anyone else read this as:

Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach snipers in the way.

BradBrening		2006-08-01 11:07:29 AM

Maybe one of the South Koreans was chewing gum.

I took a tour of the DMZ and - aside from the "death waiver" we had to sign - one of the requirements was that we couldn't bring any candy, gum, etc. into the area. I guess the chewing visual would be too much for the starving North Koreans to handle.

WoodyHayes		2006-08-01 11:09:14 AM

Any former Currahees on here from Camp Greaves?

/Stands Alone!

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