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Withdrawal of Decision on Troop Dispatch to Iraq Urged

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK

    Pyongyang, May 16 (KCNA) -- Minju Joson Sunday carries a signed commentary on the U.S. abuses of Iraqi prisoners which is stirring up bitter indignation and denunciation in the international community. The commentary denounces the U.S. abuses as a war crime wantonly violating international law and an unethical challenge to the "International Declaration of Human Rights".
    The commentary goes on:
    The maltreatment proves that the U.S. imperialists are, indeed, the worst violators of human rights and the U.S. is a criminal state against human rights. It also proves that their racket over the non-existent "human rights issue" in the DPRK is a plot to cover up their human rights abuses.
    It is an unjust act going against the desire of the entire Korean nation and the world peace-loving people to send troops to Iraq at a time when the world is bitterly castigating the U.S. troops for killing Iraqi civilians and maltreating prisoners.
    The decision to dispatch south Korean troops to Iraq is a grave mistake of the 16th National Assembly.
    The south Korean political parties should clearly face up to the trend of the times and make a right choice at a new session of the NA and discontinue the moves to send troops to Iraq. This is the unanimous will and demand of the south Korean people and the only way to remove the stain left by the preceding NA.