Korean army ready to cope with war
KCNA
Pyongyang, March 31 (KCNA) -- Korean servicemen are angered by the Iraqi war the U.S. imperialists started and military manoeuvres they are staging in South Korea with the South Korean bellicose forces against the DPRK, regardless of world public denunciation.
Ri Yong Son, a general of the Korean People's Army, said the joint manoeuvres are being staged with the mobilization of some 200,000-strong forces and huge military equipment including an aircraft carrier at a time when the DPRK-U.S. confrontation has become acute. The drill is obviously part of war preparations for stifling the DPRK by force of arms, he said.
The U.S. imperialists, he noted, seek to heighten the tension on the Korean Peninsula and "punish" the DPRK as a "nuclear culprit".
The Korean army is fully prepared to counter their war preparations, keeping a close eye on their reckless moves to stifle the DPRK, he said. It is the unswerving stand of the Korean People's Army to answer good faith with good intention and counter a tough policy with a tougher stance.
Jong Nam Won, an officer of the KPA, said the U.S. imperialists' aggressive nature and their plan to invade the DPRK have remained unchanged.
The United States, under the pretext of the "nuclear issue", intends to launch an invasion of the DPRK and stamp out its socialist society centred on the masses of the people, he said, adding:
We accuse Bush of seeking an invasion of the DPRK, while giving a lip service to "dialogue".
Kim Hae Yon, a KPA officer, said:
The Iraqi war and the U.S.-South Korea military exercises make us clearly know of what we should do more, while making full preparations to defend ourselves.
Once it has become apparent that the U.S. choice is to unleash a war against the DPRK, the Korean army is keeping itself fully prepared to cope with their new war preparations.
