LIVE FIRE:North And South Korea Trade Multiple Artillary Salvos On Disputed Korean Island

 The South Koreans were holding military exercises along  a disputed Korean island on the west coast of South Korea, along the border of North Korea. The North warned the South to halt the exercises but the South refused and the North fired multiple artillery salvos on the island killing two South Korean marines and wounding many more.The South Koreans responded by returning artillery fire and putting its jet fighters on high alert. Read more here…

A picture taken on November 23 by a South Korean tourist shows plumes of smoke rising from Yeonpyeong island in the disputed waters of the Yellow Sea. North Korea has fired dozens of artillery shells onto a South Korean island, killing two people, setting homes ablaze and triggering an exchange of fire as the South’s military went on top alert.(AFP/Str)

Amateur video of the bombardment…

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North Korea Nuke Enrichment Upgrades

 

North Korean officials took a US nuclear scientist, Siegfried Hecker of Stanford University, to a plant at its Yongbyon nuclear complex where he saw hundreds of centrifuges.The Nuclear uranium enrichment plant has raised questions of North Korea’s nuclear capability and its motive. Read more http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/23/world/asia/23korea.html

In this photo released by ABC on Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, is interviewed by ABC This Weekhost Christiane Amanpour in Washington. Mullen said Sunday that a report that North Korea is stepping up its nuclear program is more evidence of the country’s belligerent behavior. ‘From my perspective, it’s North Korea continuing on a path which is destabilizing for the region. It confirms or validates the concern we’ve had for years about their enriching uranium, which they’ve denied routinely,’ he said. ‘They are a country that routinely we are unable to believe that they would do what they say.(AP Photo/ABC This Week, Fred Watkins)

U.S. special envoy to North Korea Stephen Bosworth (C) is surrounded by reporters upon his arrival at the Haneda airport in Tokyo November 22, 2010. The United States accused North Korea of being a danger to the region after it showed off its latest advances in uranium enrichment but Bosworth said on Monday Washington was open to talks with the isolated state.REUTERS/Toru Hanai (JAPAN – Tags: POLITICS)

Sarah Palin loses in her Home State Of Alaska Backing Politically and Financially George Miller For U.S. Senate seat

Conservative Tea Party favorite Sarah Palin, pictured in October 2010, said Wednesday she could beat President Barack Obama in a race for the White House amid growing speculation she will run for the presidency in 2012.« (AFP/Getty Images/File/Randy Snyder)

Ex- half term quitter the governor of Alaska pulled out all the stops to help her tea party candidate George Miller win the Alaskan U.S. Senate seat but failed when write in candidate republican Lisa Murkowski won the seat outright. Question is  if Mrs. Palin can’t win in her backyard she may not be as formable candidate in the presidential general election as some political pundits have suggested in 2012.

The stunning victory of a write in candidate that stopped the tea party express.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)

Thank A Vet Today And Recognize Their Sacrifice: Veterans Day

 

Veterans Day 2010 Arlington National Cemetary

The morning sun breaks through trees at the Veterans Cemetery in Boscawen, N.H., on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010 on Veterans Day.(AP Photo/Jim Cole)

 

South Korea: President Obama Salutes The Troops Ahead Of Veterans Day

 

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at a Veteran’s Day event at the U.S. Army Garrison at Yongsan military base in Seoul, November 11, 2010. Obama onThursday urged North Korea to engage with the international community over its nuclear programme or risk making the lives of its people even harsher.REUTERS/Jason Reed

U.S. President Barack Obama waves during Veteran’s Day event at the U.S. Army Garrison at Yongsan military base in Seoul, November 11, 2010.REUTERS/Jason Reed 

U.S. President Barack Obama waves at South Korean war veterans at a Veteran’s Day event at the U.S. Army Garrison at Yongsan military base in Seoul,November 11, 2010REUTERS/Jason Reed