North Korean Leader Suffered Stroke?
EmailABC News’ Jonathan Karl reports: US intelligence believes North Korea’s dictator Kim Jong II may be seriously ill.
"There are good reasons to believe that Kim Jong Il has suffered a health setback. It could even be a stroke," a senior US official told ABC News.
"There is reason to believe it was serious," the official adds. What are those reasons? US officials won’t say. But for several days there have been reports — both in the South Korean press and in secret US intelligence channels — that suggest the North Korean leader is ill.
Adding weight to those reports, today Kim failed to appear at the parade marking the 60th anniversary of the founding of North Korea. In previous anniversaries of North Korea’s founding, Kim attended elaborate parades in which lines of soldiers saluted him, and rocket launchers and armored vehicles rumbled through Pyongyang.
"This is a major parade, something that he has been at virtually every year since he was born," a U.S. defense official tells ABC News Kim, who holds absolute power over North Korea, has not been seen in public for a month.
However US officials caution that as with everything about North Korea notoriously secretive government, the information about Kim’s health is spotty.
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Too much expensive booze no doubt – - -
Posted by: Dave | September 9, 2008, 11:44 am 11:44 am
Too much expensive booze no doubt – - -
Posted by: Dave | September 9, 2008, 11:45 am 11:45 am
Well well,
Seems the Republican’s schemes, (ALA Reagan during the Carter elections with Iran and the hostages), have failed at another attempt at fooling and “scaring” the American public.
How coincidental that just months before the presidential election, the North Koreans were now backing out of negotiations and re-starting their “nuculer” program, the the delight and “horror” of Republicans everywhere.
McCain was counting on using the “threat” to advance his position as strong in the midst of the “dangers” posed by a resurgent North Koreans and rogue sponsors of terror everywhere. I wonder who else is on the payroll to set off some “fireworks” before the election. (Hmmm, maybe someone allegedly living in the Pakistan/Afghan border region perhaps???)
I wonder how much slush-fund cash the Republican operatives paid that little spoiled playboy bohemian from the north of the peninsula?
Republicans – “Business” as usual
Posted by: Hard line | September 9, 2008, 11:57 am 11:57 am
You can be sure McCain will call this new development another Bush success and Palin will say she’s been praying for Kim Jong II to get sick. LOL
Posted by: dan | September 9, 2008, 12:01 pm 12:01 pm
This is great news!!! Good for the people of North Korea, now the people need to rise up against the communist regime.
Posted by: Colorguru1 | September 9, 2008, 12:05 pm 12:05 pm
So ronery….
Posted by: Hans Brix | September 9, 2008, 12:15 pm 12:15 pm
I’d like to inherit his seriously extensive video collection.
Posted by: pLANETaX | September 9, 2008, 12:23 pm 12:23 pm
Maybe some of his guards poisoned his ass
Posted by: Wm. J. LePetomaine | September 9, 2008, 12:28 pm 12:28 pm
In a communist regiem when a leader is sick it means that he is dead and they are just trying to figure out who will succeed him.
Posted by: Jeff | September 9, 2008, 12:28 pm 12:28 pm
I am waiting to see how Bush will “orchestrate” our foreign policy and world politics to intervene on McCain’s behalf in these last weeks before the election.
The North Korean issue was already smelling as fowl as a Republican campaign promise.
The shuffling of troops in Iraq over to Afghanistan also smacks of election-driven policies.
What more world events can Bush wrangle the puppet strings on so it looks like Pinocchio is a “real” boy?
The sad reality is that Bush has been saving these “trump” cards up his sleeve to use just on an occasion like this election. Why just solve a world crisis when you can solve the crisis AND make political/financial gain along the way?!
It’s more important to get into office than to accomplish any thing meaningful for the American people, as Republicans’ agendas are far more intricate that actually getting anything relevant accomplished without strings attached.
Political office serves so many “greater needs”, as Abramoff has shown us recently.
The office of the President has become a sham, as well as those of Governors here in the US.
I just hope there will be justice in the end, with all the trimmings.
Posted by: Hard line | September 9, 2008, 12:30 pm 12:30 pm
It’s Bush’s fault. Seriously, hopefully this will leader to something better for the N. Korean people.
Posted by: Bill | September 9, 2008, 12:35 pm 12:35 pm
It’s Bush’s fault. Seriously, hopefully this will leader to something better for the N. Korean people.
Posted by: Bill | Sep 9, 2008 12:35:04 PM
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Yes, hopefully Korea can unite, once and for all!
It’s so sad when you analyze it;
An Asian country/culture divided over Western dogma (capitalism vs Marxism).
That’s like a Muslim and a Jew fighting over what lights to put on the Christmas tree!
Posted by: Berg | September 9, 2008, 12:41 pm 12:41 pm
Are you people all drinking the conspiracy theory koolaid or what?
Posted by: Susie Q | September 9, 2008, 12:43 pm 12:43 pm
Are you people all drinking the conspiracy theory koolaid or what?
Posted by: Susie Q | Sep 9, 2008 12:43:43 PM
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Yeah, that’s it. That stuff never happens does it!?
Secret deals? Hah! Never!
No, it’s all black and white, like a press release.
You’re right.
So, go away now and let us dance the ritual right of koolaid drinkers and let our bloating corpses pollute not your mind’s eye.
Posted by: koolaid drinker | September 9, 2008, 12:48 pm 12:48 pm
Hard line, I think your tin foil hat is too tight.
Posted by: Henry B. | September 9, 2008, 12:52 pm 12:52 pm
Hard line, I think your tin foil hat is too tight.
Posted by: Henry B. | September 9, 2008, 12:52 pm 12:52 pm
You are worfress, Awec Bawwin!
Posted by: tony | September 9, 2008, 1:00 pm 1:00 pm
AIDS perhaps. Hope it is painful!
Posted by: Attitude Dude | September 9, 2008, 1:09 pm 1:09 pm
Hard line, I think your tin foil hat is too tight.
Posted by: Henry B. | Sep 9, 2008 12:52:53 PM
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Henry B.
I think your colostomy bag is full.
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Posted by: Hard line | September 9, 2008, 1:09 pm 1:09 pm
I want to inherit his euro/asian women collection
Posted by: TT | September 9, 2008, 1:29 pm 1:29 pm
kim jong ill needs to tapout
Posted by: Heywood | September 9, 2008, 1:38 pm 1:38 pm
hi. i like kim jong ill.
Posted by: Garth stoltz | September 9, 2008, 1:40 pm 1:40 pm
Some may say the people need to rise up against the communist regime. But what can sticks and stones do to someone with tanks,bombs,jet planes and mechine guns?
Posted by: jg5012 | September 9, 2008, 1:43 pm 1:43 pm
very sick or very dead—-
Posted by: Jesse James | September 9, 2008, 1:53 pm 1:53 pm
Let’s hope if he is ill that someone will replace him who isn’t a long haired buffoon and will actually do well be the Korean people. This man has been a tragic joke for so long and has ruined his country. Having just returned from Seoul for 10 days one can see the total difference between the craziness of the North and the full prosperity in the south. Let’s hope and pray that people of honesty and integrity can come to power there. Their best chance in decades.
Posted by: richard warren | September 9, 2008, 2:05 pm 2:05 pm
Remind me again why we are even interested in what happens to this guy?
Deader the Better.
Perhaps if he does die, FlipFlop Obuma and take his place!!
Posted by: tg.weezle | September 9, 2008, 2:05 pm 2:05 pm
let’s pray this evil dictator goes directly to hell!
Posted by: murf | September 9, 2008, 2:05 pm 2:05 pm
Hey Dan 11:57
So what’s wrong with THAT?!
HAHAHAHA!!!!!!
We don’t give a hoot who prays for what, or who gets wins the popularity contest, which you liverlibbinliberals are making this election out to be that is strictly one-sided on YOUR part….
It wasn’t too long ago dearie….
when this election first began, that religion smack-entered into it….
or don’t you Democrat Liberals want to remember……
“God d. America”!!!?????
you are all hypocrites and you know it!
Posted by: Piza Pie | September 9, 2008, 2:11 pm 2:11 pm
It’s about time – I hope he goes somewhere as pathetic as how he made his people live! He’s a tyrant, and the sooner he’s gone from the Earth the better.
Posted by: threecatma | September 9, 2008, 2:12 pm 2:12 pm
Hey I’m only 5’5″ I wonder if I could get a pair of his shoes?
Posted by: reggie92 | September 9, 2008, 2:19 pm 2:19 pm
Hard Line: You may think you are an independent thinker, but you are as brainwashed as the rest of your ilk.
Posted by: Lisa Again | September 9, 2008, 2:23 pm 2:23 pm
Remind me again why we are even interested in what happens to this guy?
Deader the Better.
Perhaps if he does die, FlipFlop Obuma and take his place!!
Posted by: tg.weezle | Sep 9, 2008 2:05:41 PM
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Because we live in a place where morons, present company excluded, fly planes into buildings, bomb innocent people and try to destroy our way of life.
It’s called the World, stupid, and sadly you live in it too.
Posted by: DUH | September 9, 2008, 2:29 pm 2:29 pm
Piza Pie – Well I can see all the 5’6 tough guys are out and about. Did you ever get that ladder to climb into your 4×4 pickup that you jacked up to make people think you were a big guy?
Posted by: dan | September 9, 2008, 2:48 pm 2:48 pm
One less so called leader for Obama to sit down for a nice reasonable face to face, no pre-conditions chat with I guess. Talk about conspiracy theories, if all these two bit tin horn dictators Obama is so ready to meet with suddenly end up dead I guess it’s no longer a campaign issue. Could this be the Clintons contribution to the cause? They are real good at having “problems” turn up dead.
Posted by: EOBFEOBF | September 9, 2008, 3:32 pm 3:32 pm
Dear EOBFEOBF,
We’d love to have you over for a cup of tea.
Warm regards,
Hillary & Bill
Posted by: The Clintons | September 9, 2008, 3:51 pm 3:51 pm
LOL “Clintons”….Or should I just save you the trouble and shoot myself in the head 10 times while commiting suicide by jumping twice off a tall building?
Posted by: EOBFEOBF | September 9, 2008, 4:12 pm 4:12 pm
This is truly a sad for the World. I always had great admiration for Kim and desired to duplicate his policies here in America.
Posted by: Barry Soetoro | September 9, 2008, 4:21 pm 4:21 pm
I was looking forward to establishing a dialogue with this visionary leader. We need to make sure and put policies into place that will ensure the advances he made in domestic policy remains in force.
Posted by: Joe Biden | September 9, 2008, 4:28 pm 4:28 pm
Hangin’s too good for him!…Burnin’s too good for him!… he aught to be torn into little bitty pieces! and buried alive!
Posted by: Irate | September 9, 2008, 4:31 pm 4:31 pm
Exactly right Joe. Kim is a man who knows how to run the levers of power and stay in office. I’ll bet Hillarys supporters would have gone far if they protested outside a convention held by Kims party. Of course, I mean “far” in the most self interpretive of ways. If you mean “far” as in a trip across the country to a gulag to spend the short remaining rest of your life eating bugs and rifle butts while having assorted methods of “entertainment” carried out on your broken body by a bunch of fun loving guards, then you are probably pretty close. Yes, it’s a real shame you and Obama will not get the chance to sit down face to face, without pre-condition, and reason with the gentleman to help him learn the error of his ways from your enlightened perspective.
Posted by: EOBFEOBF | September 9, 2008, 4:40 pm 4:40 pm
If Kim Jong II does go ahead and do humanity the favor of leaving this mortal coil, one can only hope his replacement is not another insane hardline conservative communist megalomaniac. The world will spin on if the next North Korean leader is hardline, conservative and a communist, but the insane megalomaniac part has always been scary.
Posted by: Ron in Nebraska | September 9, 2008, 5:06 pm 5:06 pm
Kim Jong Il watched the Hillary cackle on you tube – caused a stroke. Now he is called Kim Jon ‘really’ Ill.
Posted by: Norman | September 9, 2008, 5:11 pm 5:11 pm
just wait until the future…
Posted by: Blackwater-Shutz Staffel | September 9, 2008, 5:15 pm 5:15 pm
just wait until the future…
Posted by: Blackwater-Shutz Staffel | September 9, 2008, 5:15 pm 5:15 pm
“You know, I truly miss those days when the Neoconservative Republicans would scare us with the orchestration of 9-11, the weapons of mass destruction hype, the painting image of Osama Bin Laden as the Boogie Man, and best of all the ‘all Muslims are terrorist evil doers’ tactics, which when the idea was sold to the average Dairy Queen consuming, televangelist watching ‘Christian Conservative’ allowed us to invade Muslim countries and randomly slaughter Muslims without conscience or guilt all in the name of ‘fighting terrorism’ because lets face it, they’re ‘devil worshippers’ who deserved it as they don’t believe in Christ anyways. Those were the good ole days, where we’d allow the Neocon propaganda lies to play on our fears and cultural ignorance and just sat back oblivious to our foreign terrorist act, totally numbed out by entertaining ourselves with more important events like watching Sports, Dancing with the Stars and the personal life crisis of celebrities like Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. Now that was important! Yup, I sure do miss those good ole days”.
Posted by: Sarcasm | September 9, 2008, 5:17 pm 5:17 pm
Hey we in American have the Bush Clones
as are very own Fearless Leaders..
The New one says 50 Make it 100 years..
Ban the Books
Ban all Abortion..
Ban sex education in schools..
Teach Religion in Schools..
………………………………
yes American women need to get ready
to wear the Veil….
Posted by: Anita Yova | September 9, 2008, 5:22 pm 5:22 pm
Goodbye and good riddance to the piece of scum. Burn in hell you mother!! To bad he killed a bunch of innocents along the way to where his worthless carcass is going. Well, heaven has the innocents and hell will have him soon enough. Good Riddance scumsucker!
Posted by: defshepard | September 9, 2008, 5:27 pm 5:27 pm
UPDATE: Kim Jong is alive and well on yacht living it up with Paris Hilton, the Olsen Twins, Lindsy, and Robert Downey Jr.. Will be home soon, so Bush continue too shake he ain’t gone yet. Remember, NYC, Miami, Washington, Virginia, you know the rules.
Posted by: Dana | September 9, 2008, 5:30 pm 5:30 pm
Thank goodness the Muslims don’t randomly slaughter each other. Yeah, riiiiight. For every one of us they kill, they kill 100 or their own countrymen. They were doing that long before we got there, they will still be doing it long after we are gone. We defended Muslims from slaughter in the Balkins, but I guess that didn’t count. We may not be perfect, far from it, but trying doing your bitching about religion or politics in a Muslim country and see how that goes over.
Posted by: Reality | September 9, 2008, 5:35 pm 5:35 pm
So who is calling the shots in N Korea?
They have restarted their nuclear program dispite all the aid that Bush gave them.
Posted by: j | September 9, 2008, 5:38 pm 5:38 pm
So when we took a hard line against North Korea, people said Bush was an idiot for not at least trying to negotiate with them. So, we did, and like they have always done, they told us what we wanted to hear to get what they wanted, and then went right back to doing whatever they wanted to. Big surprise, they have played every administration that has ever tried to deal with them rationally like a finely tuned fiddle. They played Clinton for a fool. They have always been liars, and always will be under their current form of government. Why do we keep having to learn the lesson over and over again?
Posted by: We never seem to learn | September 9, 2008, 5:50 pm 5:50 pm
Listen to yourselves argue. Democrats say, ‘republicans are stupid and brainwashed.’ Republicans say, ‘democrats are stupid and conspiracy nuts.’ Who gives a sh*t about republicans and democrats, liberals and conservatives. We all people and we all live in this country, we should be working together. But republicans and democrats always trying to struggle for power in politics. It makes me sick, I will always hope for the day that a presidential candidate comes along and says f*ck the politics and party agendas and lets make this country better for everyone. But, you know, thats not gonna happen and I’m just dreaming.
Posted by: dasmei | September 9, 2008, 5:57 pm 5:57 pm
oh yeah and about this Kim guy, hes an ashole. Dont know if want to say ‘i hope hes dead’ because if he is, who’s gonna replace him? The guy that does replace him will probably be an ashole too and might be even worse. I guess we wait and see.
Posted by: dasmei | September 9, 2008, 6:04 pm 6:04 pm
That entire country is brainwashed, so no matter who rules next they’re sure to be just as psychotic. But I still hope the bastard croaks!!
Posted by: joe | September 9, 2008, 6:39 pm 6:39 pm
Can Margaret Cho return to Korean and rise to power, return to the US and kick Sarah Palin’s bEhind in the rose garden?
Posted by: potus | September 9, 2008, 6:49 pm 6:49 pm
The real sad thing is no matter how much he suffers, he is getting off easy compared to what he subjected millions of his countrymen to while he lived in luxury. I hope he lives for decades sitting in a wheelchair with a drool bucket, crapping and psssing himself un-able to speak with his nurse having to change the “Dear Leaders” dear diaper and wiping his dear butt. may he have the mother of all diaper rashes. He deserves worse.
Posted by: So long Kim | September 9, 2008, 7:32 pm 7:32 pm
well well just like Fidel Castro……and before bush leaves office hmmm thats interesting
Posted by: Solo189 | September 9, 2008, 10:02 pm 10:02 pm
CIA?????????
FBI?????????
Batman & Robin????
Holly Cow! How took him out??????
Posted by: daysofpast | September 9, 2008, 11:07 pm 11:07 pm
Do you know what Kim Jong Il nickname is? Mentally Ill
Posted by: Raul Wassermann | September 10, 2008, 12:31 am 12:31 am
Leave the poor guy alone,
looking at the picture can’t
your see kim jong is having
a bad hair year!
Posted by: spacerook1 | September 10, 2008, 12:33 am 12:33 am
Can liberals write a comment about this maniac without the word Bush in it?
Posted by: Raul Wassermann | September 10, 2008, 12:35 am 12:35 am
To paraphrase the immortal Moms Mabley, if you don’t have something good to say about the dead or dying, don’t say anything. “He’s dying. Good!”
Posted by: Hardlabour | September 10, 2008, 12:44 am 12:44 am
You will find him on Obamas staff .
Posted by: Mark | September 10, 2008, 1:32 am 1:32 am
oh yeah and about this Kim guy, hes an ashole. Dont know if want to say ‘i hope hes dead’ because if he is, who’s gonna replace him? The guy that does replace him will probably be an ashole too and might be even worse. I guess we wait and see.
Posted by: dasmei | Sep 9, 2008 6:04:09 PM…….Obamas looking to lead a country. He is already be declared next to god by his supporters.And he is a leftist.
Posted by: mark | September 10, 2008, 1:36 am 1:36 am
Read the international news, he’s brain dead after a stroke. And nobody knows who is going to take over. Therfor the media spin/blackout of info from North Korea.
Posted by: argh! | September 10, 2008, 8:59 am 8:59 am