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China-Japan-Koreas
Kim Jon-Un execution unconfirmed update.
2014-01-04
[Time World] Kim Jong Un's late uncle was "worse than a dog," according to the blustery state media account of his purge. But was he killed by a pack ten dozen half-starved dogs?
'Gone to dogs' and eaten up by dogs, not same-same.
That's the claim of Beijing-linked Hong Kong newspaper, We Flung Poo Wen Wei Po, which on Dec. 12 reported that the instead of being executed by a firing squad, as is typical, Jang was stripped naked, thrown in a cage with five of his associates, and devoured by 120 hounds as Kim Jong Un and 300 officials watched. The dogs preyed on the prisoners "until they were completely eaten up," according to the Straits Times, a Singaporean newspaper, who picked up the story on Dec. 24.
Additional reporting indicates 120 hungry dogs probably like everyone else, still hungry. Kim remains dead.
Posted by:Besoeker

#9  the 120 dog story is probably wrong but the fact that the chinese are pushing the story is important

it seems that KJU's uncle was a Chinese friend
Posted by: lord garth   2014-01-04 17:02  

#8  Besoeker: MacArthur did get his chance to "clean it all the way to the Yalu." While attempting that feat, he over-confidently let his Divisions get completely strung out, rather than massed, believing that our overwhelming air superiority would crush any attempt by the Chinese to cross the Yalu to reinforce the NORKs. What MacArthur missed was that numerous Chinese Divisions were ALREADY across the Yalu, infiltrating at night and camouflaged in the hilly terrain. It took a long time and a lot of blood for us to regain the initiative (Matt Ridgway deserving much of the credit). MacArthur expressed his policy disagreements to the point of insubordination and any President with more balls than Jimmy Carter would have had to have fired him.
The dog story originated in a dubious paper (one that makes DEBKA seem infallible by comparison). Uncle was almost certainly shot. The interesting thing to ponder is whether Kim Jung Un is consolidating power or whether he is weakening and a cabal of generals forced the move. I'm guessing the latter, but real evidence is hard to come by in the Hermit State.
Posted by: Odysseus   2014-01-04 16:39  

#7  The darkest part of night is usually just before dawn. What the fat kid doesn't realize is this will really upset the population. If China also is appalled, look for them to open the flood gates of a Chinese invasion that will roll through pudgy's regime like a paper sack.
Posted by: Omavising Ebbemp9815   2014-01-04 16:20  

#6  Preceding "vassal of China".
Posted by: Grunter    2014-01-04 14:12  

#5  Words like "barbaric" would be a start.
Posted by: Grunter    2014-01-04 14:09  

#4  Whatever happened, it seriously upset the Chinese.

What would it take to do this?
Posted by: gorb   2014-01-04 12:40  

#3  Pudgy didn't think the Chinese would mind
Posted by: OldSpook   2014-01-04 11:39  

#2   General MacArthur wanted to clean it up all the way to the Yalu, but he too was fired by a Dem president.
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-01-04 11:29  

#1  ...what happens in NORK stays in NORK - unless trumped by propaganda requirements...
Posted by: Uncle Phester   2014-01-04 11:23  

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