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U.S. Brigandish Pressure for Troop Dispatch Condemned

KCNA

    Pyongyang, November 18 (KCNA) -- Minju Joson in a signed commentary Tuesday condemns the United States for pressurizing south Korea to dispatch additional troops to Iraq. The U.S. ambassador to south Korea at a meeting on Nov. 13 said that the U.S. hopes that south Korea will dispatch combat troops to be in charge of public security in Iraq. Earlier, U.S. officials openly pressurized members of the south Korean "consultative group for troop dispatch" to dispatch combat troops.
    The U.S. pressure is a manifestation of malicious and brigandish intention to involve south Korea in the war of aggression unleashed by itself, the commentary says, and goes on:
    The U.S. is wriggling in a dilemma, facing unpredictable difficulties in Iraq. It was revealed that Iraq's "possession of weapons of mass-destruction" was no more than a pretext to hoodwink the world public and justify the war of aggression.
    The U.S., discontented with a plan for dispatching 3,000 non-combatants recently put forward by south Korea, forced south Korea again to dispatch a 5,000-10,000-strong combat unit of a division scale.
    But it is the people's mind that even a non-combatant should not be dispatched.
    The struggle against the additional troop dispatch to Iraq spreading in all parts of south Korea is an expression of the anti-American will of the south Korean people to defend the national sovereignty and interests.
    The south Korean people should reject the U.S. demand and pressure for troop dispatch in an effort to check the troop dispatch to Iraq.