Rodong Sinmun Comments on Killing of S. Korean Civilian in Iraq
Korean Central News Agency of DPRK
Pyongyang, June 26 (KCNA) -- It is the way of preventing the recent tragedy in Iraq to put an end to the U.S. occupation of Iraq and the south Korean authorities' withdrawal of the decision to dispatch troops to Iraq, says Rodong Sinmun Saturday in a signed commentary as regards the recent murder of a south Korean civilian by a resistance force in Iraq.
The commentary goes on:
It was, of course, unpardonable that this force kidnapped an innocent civilian as a bargaining chip and murdered him. But what matters is that south Korea failed to prevent such tragedy though it might not have occurred. There have been already several cases of abduction and attack against the dispatch of south Korean troops to Iraq. The south Korean authorities should have drawn a lesson from them and withdrawn the decision on the troop dispatch to Iraq.
There is a rumour in south Korea that the abduction took place in late May but the U.S. and the south Korean authorities concealed the fact for fear that it might put a brake on the additional troop dispatch to Iraq. Anyway, the tragedy took place owing to the south Korean authorities' plan to send additional troops to Iraq, yielding to the U.S. pressure.
The recent incident as well as all the tragic incidents in Iraq is chiefly due to the U.S. as it unilaterally provoked a brigandish war of aggression against Iraq in disregard of international law and the United Nations and imposed huge damage upon the Iraqi people. If the U.S. had not provoked the Iraqi war nor forced south Korea to join it the recent tragedy would not have occurred.
The U.S. aggression is the root cause of the attacks of the resistance forces on foreigners and foreign troops in Iraq.
The south Korean authorities should immediately withdraw the decision on additional troop dispatch to Iraq as demanded by the people.
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