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North Korea threatens ‘nationwide sacred war’ to wipe out S. Korea
Afghan bomb blast kills two coalition service members
Elderly woman dies after Amsterdam train collision

North Korea threatens ‘nationwide sacred war’ to wipe out S. Korea

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 10:43 PM PDT

PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA (BNO NEWS) -- The North Korean military on Monday threatened to launch a 'nationwide sacred war' to wipe out South Korea, days after the South announced the deployment of new long-range cruise missiles which are capable of striking any place in the North.

"The indignation of the army and people of the DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) at the group of rat-like (South Korean President) Lee Myung Bak is running high," a statement from the North Korean military said, referring to the North's official name. "Shouts such as "Destroy," Beat to death" and "Tear to death" are ringing out on this land. But the Lee group of traitors is still doing mischiefs, not coming to its senses."

Monday's threat comes after the South Korean defense ministry announced on Thursday that it has deployed new long-range cruise missiles with a range of 1,000 kilometers (621 miles), allowing the South to strike any place in the North. "They heaped praises on a few poor-looking missiles," the North's military said in Monday's statement.

North Korea has repeatedly threatened to launch attacks against the South in recent years, but Monday's announcement was made more prominently than previous threats. The North's state-run television broke into programming to make what it described as a 'special announcement.'

Flashing banners on the website of the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) also called for a 'nationwide sacred war' to wipe out South Korea. "Let us shower the Lee Myung Bak-led swarm of rats with a fire of retaliation," the banner said. "Let us blow up the bases used to hurt the dignity of our Supreme Leadership! Let us wipe out the Lee Myung Bank-led swarm of rats in this land and sky!"

"The special actions of our revolutionary armed forces will start soon to meet the reckless challenge of the group of traitors," the North's military said in its statement. "Those actions are an eruption of the public anger and resentment and a sacred war of all service personnel and people to protect the dignity of our supreme leadership. Their targets are the Lee Myung Bak group of traitors, the arch criminals, and the group of rat-like elements including conservative media destroying the mainstay of the fair public opinion."

The statement added: "Once the above-said special actions kick off, they will reduce all the rat-like groups and the bases for provocations to ashes in three or four minutes, in much shorter time, by unprecedented peculiar means and methods of our own style. Our revolutionary armed forces do not make an empty talk."

On Sunday, a spokesman for the North Korean Foreign Ministry called South Korean President Lee "human scum", responding to Lee's recent remarks which the North said 'desecrated' the 100th birth anniversary of the late North Korean leader Kim Il-sung, who founded the country.

"The service personnel and people of the DPRK are shaking with irrepressible resentment at the group which defamed the father of the nation whom they are holding in high esteem as the sun," the North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Sunday. "They are now eagerly waiting for the issue of an order so that they may mercilessly punish the traitor."

Tensions on the Korean Peninsula, which remains in a technical state of war, have been at critical since the 2010 sinking of the ROKS Cheonan, a South Korean Navy ship carrying 104 people. The incident left 46 people killed and a South Korean-led international investigation blamed a North Korean torpedo which was allegedly fired from a midget submarine, although the North insists it was not responsible.

Months after the sinking of the ship, North Korean forces bombarded the disputed Yeonpyeong Island. The artillery engagement from the North, which claims it acted in 'self-defense', left two South Korean civilians killed while the South's return fire killed at least five people in North Korea.

Earlier this month, North Korea attempted to launch the Kwangmyongsong-3 (Bright Star-3) weather satellite on a Taepodong-2 ballistic missile to mark Kim Il-sung's birth anniversary, but the missile failed about a minute after takeoff and crashed in the Yellow Sea. Signs indicate the North may be planning to carry out a third nuclear test in the near future to make up for the failure.

The 1950-1953 Korean War, which left millions of people killed, ended in a truce rather than a peace treaty.

Afghan bomb blast kills two coalition service members

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 09:30 PM PDT

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- Two coalition service members were killed on late Sunday evening when a roadside bomb exploded in eastern Afghanistan, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said on early Monday. Few other details were released.

ISAF said two of its service members were killed when an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded in Afghanistan's east. But because the multinational force defers the release of specific details to national authorities, no other details about the incident were released, including the exact location.

The nationalities of the service members involved were also not immediately disclosed by ISAF. "It is ISAF policy to defer casualty identification procedures to the relevant national authorities," a brief statement said.

Sunday's deaths raise the number of coalition troops killed in Afghanistan so far this year to 122, most of them American and British service members, according to official figures. Four American service members were killed on late Thursday evening when their helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan, possibly due to bad weather.

A total of 566 ISAF troops were killed in Afghanistan in 2011, down from 711 in 2010. A majority of the fallen troops were American and were killed in the country's south, which is plagued by IED attacks on troops and civilians.

There are currently more than 130,000 ISAF troops in Afghanistan, including some 90,000 U.S. troops and more than 9,500 British soldiers. U.S. President Barack Obama previously ordered a drawdown of 23,000 U.S. troops later this year, and foreign combat troops are due to leave Afghanistan by the end of 2014.

Elderly woman dies after Amsterdam train collision

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 09:20 PM PDT

AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS (BNO NEWS) -- An elderly woman died of her injuries on Sunday after two passenger trains collided in the Dutch capital of Amsterdam a day earlier, the city's mayor said. More than 110 other passengers were injured, many of them seriously.

The accident happened at around 6:30 p.m. local time on Saturday when two passenger trains collided head-on on a track in Sloterdijk, a village which is part of Amsterdam-West. Many passengers in the train were thrown across the carriages as a result of the impact, injuring many of them.

Amsterdam Mayor Eberhard van der Laan said a 68-year-old woman who was injured in the crash died on Sunday. "Our thoughts are with the family of the woman for who the train accident was disastrous," he said. "We wish them a lot of strength to cope with this loss. I wish everyone with light and severe injuries a quick recovery."

City officials said 117 people were injured in Saturday's accident, including 42 people who are described as having suffered 'severe injuries'. "Of the 42 persons with severe injuries, 18 of them have been hospitalized for further treatment," a city spokesperson said, without giving other details.

Officials at both Dutch Railways and ProRail, which controls the country's railway network infrastructure, expressed their shock at the death of the elderly passenger. "This is a black day," said Dutch Railways president Bert Meerstadt. "On behalf of all Dutch Railways employees our compassion and condolences go to the relatives of the victim, and I wish them a lot of strength with this terrible loss."

Both the Dutch Safety Board and the Inspection for Environment and Transport (ILT) are investigating the cause of the accident, but officials have released few details about the circumstances. Sources at ProRail and Dutch Railways told the Telegraaf newspaper on Monday that one of the train drivers may have missed a red signal due to the sun shining directly into the cockpit.

The black boxes of both trains have been recovered.

The country's worst ever railway accident happened in January 1962 when two passenger trains collided amid foggy weather near the town of Harmelen in Utrecht province. The disaster left 93 people killed, including the drivers of both trains, and injured 52 other passengers.

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