LOOMING WAR N. KOREA THREATENS TO BOMB THE WHITE HOUSE AND PENTAGON. President Barack Obama is recklessly spreading rumors of a Pyongyang-orchestrated cyberattack of Sony Pictures, North Korea says, as it warns of strikes against the White House, Pentagon and the whole U.S. mainland, that cesspool of terrorism. Such rhetoric is routine from North Koreas massive propaganda machine during times of high tension with Washington. But a long statement from the powerful National Defense Commission late Sunday also underscores Pyongyangs sensitivity at a movie whose plot focuses on the assassination of its leader Kim Jong Un, who is the beneficiary of a decades-long cult of personality built around his family dynasty. The U.S. blames North Korea for the cyberattack that escalated to threats of terror attacks against U.S. movie theaters and caused Sony to cancel The Interviews release. Obama, who promised to respond proportionately to the attack, told CNNs State of the Union in an interview broadcast Sunday that Washington is reviewing whether to put North Korea back on its list of state sponsors of terrorism The National Defense Commission, led by Kim, warned that its 1.2 million-member army is ready to use all types of warfare against the U.S. Our toughest counteraction will be boldly taken against the White House, the Pentagon and the whole U.S. mainland, the cesspool of terrorism, by far surpassing the symmetric counteraction declared by Obama, said the commissions Policy Department in a statement carried by the official Korean Central News Agency.
Posted on: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 21:13:13 +0000
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