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Korea
South Korea Approves Dispatch of Non-Combat Troops to Iraq
2003-04-02
South Korean lawmakers on Wednesday authorized the dispatch of non-combat troops to support the U.S.-led war on Iraq. The decision by the National Assembly came hours after President Roh Moo-hyun said the deployment would strengthen the U.S.-South Korean alliance, thereby helping to peacefully resolve the nuclear standoff with North Korea. The one-house National Assembly voted amid anti-war sentiment in South Korea and concerns that the United States might eventually attack North Korea. Outside parliament, hundreds of anti-war activists waved "Stop the War" signs as they kicked, punched and hurled water bottles at riot police.
Pacifists the world over again show the same quirkily ironic sense of humour...
Police beat them back with plastic shields. At least two demonstrators were injured, blood streaming down their faces.
Ah, those witty South Korean police — how well they respond to the Jerry Lewis gags of the dovish!
Roh has struggled to muster parliamentary support for the deployment of 600 South Korean military engineers and 100 medics in the Gulf, as the parliament dithered wavered and delayed voting on the bill twice last week. Speaking to parliament, Roh told lawmakers that the deployment of South Korean troops would strengthen Seoul's alliance with Washington. "The fate of the country and the people depends on my decision," he said. "I came to the conclusion that helping the United States in difficult times and maintaining friendly U.S.-South Korean relations will help a lot in peacefully resolving the North Korean nuclear issue." Roh said there would not be a war on the Korean Peninsula if South Koreans don't want it.
Someone's been teaching this man the noble art of perennial French defence policy.
"The United States will not deal with the North's nuclear issue unilaterally," Roh said.
LOL Kimmy might do, though.
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