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U.S. Pressure for Additional Troop Dispatch Blasted

KCNA

    Pyongyang, November 25 (KCNA) -- The issue of troop dispatch to Iraq by south Korea has not cropped up at the will of the south Korean people and authorities but under the unilateral gangster-like demand and pressure of the United States, says Rodong Sinmun today in a signed article, a summary of which reads: The United States is working hard to mobilize troops of different countries and get their financial support with the sinister intention to reduce its burdens from its occupation of Iraq. And with this scheme hitting a snag in face of the opposition of the international community, it is trying to find a way out by forcing its junior allies to additionally dispatch their troops.
    The United States officially demanded south Korea send additional combat troops. The U.S. administration and brasshats made this demand to the south Korean authorities and military through various channels and are now persisting in this coercive demand.
    The south Korean people have never shown concern about nor have any interests in the troop dispatch to Iraq. They were dead set against the U.S. invasion of Iraq itself from the beginning.
    But the U.S. is trying to force south Korea to dispatch troops to Iraq, defying the strong protest of the south Korean people.
    This clearly reveals once again the robber-like color of the arrogant aggressors and dominationists who only pursue their unilateral interests, paying no heed to the demands and interests of other nations.
    Troop dispatch to Iraq would do so harm but not any good to the south Korean people as it would result in damaging national dignity and sovereignty and putting fellow countrymen on the altar for outside forces by offering them as bullet shields in the latter's dirty war of aggression for their interests, bowing to their demand.
    The United States is the very one that gave rise to the issue of additional troop dispatch to Iraq.