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Old 05-20-2010, 08:22 AM   #66
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Default N. Korea fired deadly torpedo at ship: probe

I'm not sure if anyone is really surprised by this

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Evidence overwhelmingly proves North Korea fired a torpedo that sank a South Korean warship in March, killing 46 sailors, investigators said Thursday.

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak vowed "stern action" for the provocation and called an emergency security meeting for Friday, the presidential Blue House said.

The long-awaited investigation results, which come from a multinational team, said a torpedo caused a massive underwater explosion that tore the Cheonan apart on March 26.

Fragments recovered from the area indicate the torpedo came from communist North Korea, investigators said.

A serial number on a torpedo fragment also was consistent with markings from a North Korean torpedo that South Korea obtained years earlier

Investigators also confirmed that several small North Korean submarines and a mother ship supporting them left a North Korean naval base on the western coast two to three days before the attack and returned to port two to three days after, he said.
All submarines from neighbouring countries were either in or near their respective home bases at the time of the incident

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