CORKSPHERE is devoted to news accounts about AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, SYRIA and current events. EDITOR: BILL CORCORAN
Friday, December 3, 2010
SOUTH KOREA THREATENS TO BOMB NORTH KOREA
It's gettting very dicey between South and North Korea.
South Korea is threatening to bomb North Korea if North Korea fires artillery shells into South Korea again.
This type of high-stakes talk is how the first Korean War started in 1950.
My US Army Combat Engineer company suffered over 60% casualties during the war.
In all, more than 33,000 Americans were killed in the Korean War that last two-and-one-half years.
CHECK OUT MORE HERE:
http://www.aolnews.com/world/article/seoul-threatens-to-bomb-north-korea-us-japan-launch-drills/19743027?icid=main%7Chtmlws-main-n%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk1%7C187981
CLICK ON LINK FOR COMPLETE STORY
BREAKING NEWS: FIRST VIDEO OF PRESIDENT OBAMA VISITING TROOPS FRIDAY IN AFGHANISTAN
This CNN story and video shows President Obama visiting our troops on Friday at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan.
TURN UP YOUR SOUND
WATCH VIDEO AND READ STORY HERE:
http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/bestoftv/2010/12/03/exp.sot.obama.afgh.cnn.html
CLICK ON LINK TO VIEW VIDEO AND READ STORY.
WIKILEAKS: BRIBERY, GRAFT RAMPANT IN AFGHANISTAN
The Wikileaks documents indicate Afghanistan is rife with bribery and graft.
READ THE FULL STORY HERE:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101203/ap_on_re_as/as_wikileaks_afghanistan_1;_ylt=At8gZMtBTeUKJKK9ymFReEsBS5Z4
CLICK ON LINK TO READ STORY.