Soaring 182 Posted April 5, 2009 Report Share Posted April 5, 2009 Do events like this hurt Tokyo's bid? I just want to know your thoughts. North Korea launches rocket over Japan'Provocative act,' U.S. says; Japanese seek emergency U.N. meeting BREAKING NEWS msnbc.com news services updated 1 hour, 39 minutes ago SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea launched a rocket that passed over Japan on Sunday, defying calls from world leaders to scrap a plan that has caused international alarm. The Japanese government asked for an emergency session of the U.N. Security Council after the rocket flew over its territory. State Department spokesman Fred Lash confirmed the launch, saying it occurred at 10:30 p.m. EDT Saturday. "We look on this as a provocative act," said Lash. The rocket's second booster stage splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, Japan said, indicating the launch had been successful. The Defense Ministry detected a "flying object" believed to be a rocket that was launched from North Korea, flew eastward and passed over northern Japan about seven minutes later, heading toward the Pacific Ocean. Japan did not make any attempt to intercept it, as no debris fell onto the country, a ministry spokeswoman said, speaking on condition of anonymity, citing department rules. Japan had threatened to shoot down any debris from the rocket if the launch went wrong. It had positioned batteries of interceptor missiles on its coast and radar-equipped ships off its northern seas. North Korea had informed international authorities that it planned to launch a rocket sometime between Saturday and Wednesday in order to put a satellite into orbit... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30035197/ - Link to post Share on other sites
Ibirapuera 22 Posted April 5, 2009 Report Share Posted April 5, 2009 I don't think so, isn't Sochi like close to the separatist Russian province of Chechenya ? Link to post Share on other sites
baron-pierreIV 1693 Posted April 5, 2009 Report Share Posted April 5, 2009 Probably not. Everybody at the IOC knows what a blowhard Kim (just like his buddies Chavez, Mugabe and Amedinjihad) is. He wants attention for something. Link to post Share on other sites
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Rob. 2040 Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 I don't think so, isn't Sochi like close to the separatist Russian province of Chechenya ? I don't think it's Chechenya, it's the other one, whose name escapes me right now. Link to post Share on other sites
FYI 1191 Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 If the IOC chose Seoul to host at a time when North Korea could've pounced on South Korea at any moment, this incident is nothing. And yes, Sochi is another one, in a very volatile part of the world, & yet the IOC thought nothing of giving them the Winter Games. If things like this actually detered the IOC, we'd hardly see anybody hosting. So the IOC doesn't seem to be intimidated by anything. Link to post Share on other sites
Athan 47 Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 I don't think it's Chechenya, it's the other one, whose name escapes me right now. Abkhazia? Link to post Share on other sites
4gamesandcounting 39 Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 Sochi is more of a worry than Tokyo. Link to post Share on other sites
baron-pierreIV 1693 Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 Erik is more of a worry than Sochi, beijing and Chechnya combined. Link to post Share on other sites
Soaring 182 Posted August 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 agreed. Link to post Share on other sites
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