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3-19-17
From Paul Begley
UNITED NATIONS (AP) North Korea on Monday tried to shift the blame for the deadly attack in Malaysia on the estranged half- brother of its leader Kim Jong Un to the United States and South Korea.
North Korea’s deputy U.N. ambassador, Kim In Ryong, told a news conference that “from A to Z, this case is the product of reckless moves of the United States and South Korean authorities, “who he said are trying to tarnish the North’s image and bringing down its social system.”
Malaysian authorities say Kim Jong Nam died after two women smeared his face with the banned VX nerve agent at Kuala Lumpur’s airport on Feb. 13, but North Korea, “which is widely suspected to be behind the attack,” rejects the findings.
Ambassador Kim said the cause of Kim Jong Nam’s death, “has not yet been clearly identified, but the United States and the South Korean authorities are groundlessly blaming the DPRK,” using the initials of the North’s official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
He asked why the person who applied the VX agent, which is fatal if even a tiny amount is inhaled, is still alive while the man it was applied to died.
The ambassador asserted that the U.S. is one of the few countries that can manufacture VX and that it has stockpiled chemical weapons in South Korea, which could have provided the chemical agent for the attack on Kim Jong Nam.
“It is a final aim sought by the United States to store up the international repugnancy towards the DPRK,” he said of the attack, with the intention of provoking a “nuclear war against DPRK at any cost.”
“So the U.S. and South Korea were starting the political chicanery to bring down the social system in DPRK,” the ambassador said.
He said the DPRK will respond by continuing to bolster its defenses, “and the capability for the pre-emptive strike with a nuclear force.” READ MORE
Well this is not good. Little Kim lost his street cred long ago. So here we are listening to him spout words of accusations against the US and S.Korea in his defense of pursuing his own first strike policy against them. Checking on my moon bat tery supply after I submit this comment.