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Projected U.S.-S. Korea Joint Military Exercise Assailed

KCNA

  Pyongyang, August 13 (KCNA) -- The U.S.-led "Ulji Focus Lens" joint military drill soon to be held across south Korea is a test war and a preliminary war to militarily threaten the DPRK and mount a preemptive attack on it, says Rodong Sinmun Wednesday in a signed commentary. The war drill comes at a time when tensions are further increasing on the Korean peninsula than ever before, commentary notes, and goes on:
  The exercise indicates that the "operation plan 5030," a dangerous Korean war scenario, has entered the phase of its implementation.
  What should not be overlooked is that the U.S. is going to stage the "Ulji Focus Lens" before the six-way talks.
  A favorable atmosphere is needed for a dialogue.
  Dialogue and war can not go together. The projected U.S. war exercise targeted against the DPRK is a grave challenge to the dialogue and peace. What is essential for solving the nuclear issue between the DPRK and the U.S. is the U.S. decision to make a switchover in its hostile policy towards the DPRK.
  It is the U.S. intention to hamstring the settlement of the nuclear issue and keep the situation on the Korean peninsula strained all the time and conquer the DPRK by force in the end.
  The U.S. had better stop running amuck, pondering over the consequences to be entailed by its reckless sabre-rattling.