 COMMUNIST North Korea today slammed the US "war on terror" as a pretext for aggression against anti-imperialist independent nations.
The North, which declared on Tuesday it planned a nuclear test to deter US aggression, said a speech by President George W. Bush on the fifth anniversary of September 11 reflected "the US criminal intention to escalate the 'anti-terrorism war' worldwide.”
| It described the anti-terror war as “an escalation of war of aggression and state-sponsored terrorism to eliminate anti-imperialist independent countries from the world.” |
The commentary in the ruling party newspaper Rodong Sinmun was carried by the Korean Central News Agency. It described the anti-terror war as “an escalation of war of aggression and state-sponsored terrorism to eliminate anti-imperialist independent countries from the world”.
| “The American political mode and lifestyle cannot be accepted by other countries ... the US sacrifices those countries for its 'war on terrorism', taking issue with their exercises of sovereign rights...” |
“The American political mode and lifestyle cannot be accepted by other countries ... the US sacrifices those countries for its 'war on terrorism', taking issue with their exercises of sovereign rights,” it said. “This is unlawful high-handed practices and brigandish state-sponsored terrorism.” The commentary warned that “anyone can fall victim to the US 'war on terrorism' unless one heightens vigilance against it.” The North's Foreign Ministry cited what it called US nuclear threats against it as well as sanctions in announcing the test at an unspecified date. |