Sarah
2003-09-28 21:03:44 UTC
N Korea calls Rumsfeld 'psychopath'
North Korea has launched a scathing attack on US Defence Secretary
Donald Rumsfeld, calling him a "dictatorial psychopath".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3145966.stm
The official KCNA news agency commentary went on to call him a
"politically illiterate old man" who was "cursed and hated worldwide"
because of his belief that only the US can dispense international
justice.
The condemnation, outspoken even for the official news agency,
followed Mr Rumsfeld's own negative comments about North Korea in a
recent speech to US and South Korean business leaders.
He said: "While the situation in North Korea sometimes looks bleak,
I'm convinced that one day freedom will come to the people and light
up that oppressed land with hope and promise."
War of words
Mr Rumsfeld said that he had a night-time satellite picture of the
divided peninsula in his office that showed the North almost entirely
in darkness and the South lit up.
North Korea and the United States are at loggerheads over Pyongyang's
nuclear programme.
His outbursts cannot be construed otherwise than a desperate shrill
cry of a psychopath on his death bed
KCNA news agency
On Saturday US President George W Bush, following talks with Russia's
Vladimir Putin, again called on Pyongyang to end its plans for nuclear
weapons.
The news agency said it was easy to asses the political line of the
Bush administration "which includes such a dangerous international
dictator" as Mr Rumsfeld.
It said Mr Rumsfeld was "not likely at all that he would speak truth
as he is obsessed with wantonly harassing peace and security in
different parts of the world and igniting wars".
Tensions have been high since the US and North Korea became engaged in
a war of words over Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions last October.
Washington has characterised North Korea as part of an "axis of evil"
and has said North Korea has admitted to possessing at least one
nuclear bomb.
North Korea has called for economic aid and a non-aggression pact with
America in return for surrendering its nuclear ambitions, but
Washington has consistently refused.
But Mr Rumsfeld is not the first to prompt the wrath of the news
agency.
In August, US State Department official John Bolton was described as
"human scum" for calling North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il a tyrannical
dictator.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/3145966.stm
Published: 2003/09/27 23:08:52 GMT
North Korea has launched a scathing attack on US Defence Secretary
Donald Rumsfeld, calling him a "dictatorial psychopath".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3145966.stm
The official KCNA news agency commentary went on to call him a
"politically illiterate old man" who was "cursed and hated worldwide"
because of his belief that only the US can dispense international
justice.
The condemnation, outspoken even for the official news agency,
followed Mr Rumsfeld's own negative comments about North Korea in a
recent speech to US and South Korean business leaders.
He said: "While the situation in North Korea sometimes looks bleak,
I'm convinced that one day freedom will come to the people and light
up that oppressed land with hope and promise."
War of words
Mr Rumsfeld said that he had a night-time satellite picture of the
divided peninsula in his office that showed the North almost entirely
in darkness and the South lit up.
North Korea and the United States are at loggerheads over Pyongyang's
nuclear programme.
His outbursts cannot be construed otherwise than a desperate shrill
cry of a psychopath on his death bed
KCNA news agency
On Saturday US President George W Bush, following talks with Russia's
Vladimir Putin, again called on Pyongyang to end its plans for nuclear
weapons.
The news agency said it was easy to asses the political line of the
Bush administration "which includes such a dangerous international
dictator" as Mr Rumsfeld.
It said Mr Rumsfeld was "not likely at all that he would speak truth
as he is obsessed with wantonly harassing peace and security in
different parts of the world and igniting wars".
Tensions have been high since the US and North Korea became engaged in
a war of words over Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions last October.
Washington has characterised North Korea as part of an "axis of evil"
and has said North Korea has admitted to possessing at least one
nuclear bomb.
North Korea has called for economic aid and a non-aggression pact with
America in return for surrendering its nuclear ambitions, but
Washington has consistently refused.
But Mr Rumsfeld is not the first to prompt the wrath of the news
agency.
In August, US State Department official John Bolton was described as
"human scum" for calling North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il a tyrannical
dictator.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/3145966.stm
Published: 2003/09/27 23:08:52 GMT
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When our missiles fail tests, we increase funding." ---Dennis
Kucinich
"When our children fail competency tests the schools lose funding.
When our missiles fail tests, we increase funding." ---Dennis
Kucinich