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Total Pullback of U.S. Forces from S. Korea Demanded

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK

    Pyongyang, August 3 (KCNA) -- The U.S. moves to "cut down" its forces in south Korea is nothing but a wicked ruse to perpetuate its military presence in south Korea and colonial domination over it and make the south Korean authorities meekly accept its brigandish demands including additional troop dispatch to Iraq, observes Rodong Sinmun Tuesday in a signed commentary. The commentary goes on:
    The U.S. had unilaterally decided on the timetable for the "reduction" of its forces in south Korea at a time when the anti-American sentiment was mounting among the south Koreans and raised all of a sudden the issue of readjusting the timetable on which it has so far insisted. Lurking behind these moves is a sinister aim.
    The U.S. had informed the south Korean authorities that it would "cut down" its forces in south Korea by over 10,000 till the end of 2005 without any agreement with them. But the U.S. made an about-turn in its attitude about a month later and announced the "delay" of the "reduction." This creates a strong impression that the U.S. intends to use the "reduction" as a bargaining chip or as a leverage to intimidate one in a bid to achieve a certain aim.
    It has now become clear that the U.S. administration announced the "reduction" of its aggressor troops in south Korea not because it is urgent but it was prompted by its intention to create "security unrest" in south Korean society floating a shocking story about "reduction." Through this it sought to browbeat the south Korean authorities and calm down the anti-American public opinion in order to save its dominating position in south Korea from shaking to its very foundation.
    The south Korean authorities have begged the U.S. to put off the "cutdown" of its forces in south Korea, taken in by its trick. This is a crime against the nation, reunification and peace as it betrays the dignity and interests of the nation and brings dark clouds of a war of aggression against the north.
    The south Korean people should see through the criminal aim hidden behind the U.S. plan to "reduce" its forces and turn out as one to force the U.S. to withdraw all its aggressor troops from south Korea.