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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 07:33 AM Jun 2018

Trump says North Korea has returned remains of 200 U.S. war dead

Source: Reuters




JUNE 20, 2018 / 10:15 PM / UPDATED 6 HOURS AGO

Reuters Staff

DULUTH, Minn. (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said North Korea had returned on Wednesday the remains of 200 U.S. troops missing from the Korean War, although there was no official confirmation of the move from military authorities.

“We got back our great fallen heroes, the remains sent back today, already 200 got sent back,” Trump told a crowd of supporters during a rally in Duluth, Minnesota.

U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said on Tuesday that in coming days North Korea would hand over a “sizeable number” of remains to United Nations Command in South Korea, and they would then be transferred to Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii.

Trump met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at a historic summit last week in Singapore, and said in a news conference afterwards that Kim had agreed to return the remains of U.S. soldiers.





Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-usa-remains/trump-says-north-korea-has-returned-remains-of-200-u-s-war-dead-idUSKBN1JH05L

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Trump says North Korea has returned remains of 200 U.S. war dead (Original Post) DonViejo Jun 2018 OP
Another lie, no doubt vlyons Jun 2018 #1
DNA testing Scarsdale Jun 2018 #9
or kept them separate. vlyons Jun 2018 #18
As requested by the parents of those dead soldiers...... ProudMNDemocrat Jun 2018 #2
Yes, their 100+ years old parents! LiberalLovinLug Jun 2018 #29
I doubt this is true but here's another question... Raven Jun 2018 #3
You forgot one question atreides1 Jun 2018 #5
Yeah, this whole thing stinks to high heaven. Raven Jun 2018 #8
This sounds like they were keeping bodies as bargaining chips or ransom. keithbvadu2 Jun 2018 #22
The US has to pay for each remains. rickford66 Jun 2018 #4
And whiny donnie gets a cut. Squinch Jun 2018 #7
Why report it if there's no official confirmation? subterranean Jun 2018 #6
That's the bottom line here. llmart Jun 2018 #10
FUCKING LIAR.........plain and simple Bengus81 Jun 2018 #11
Yeah, I'll believe that when I see it. Hey, orange guy, its what you do, pazzyanne Jun 2018 #12
one would think onethatcares Jun 2018 #13
Amazing - Trump puts all that effort into finding long-dead bodies. lagomorph777 Jun 2018 #14
Last night I checked out 3 South Korean Newspapers Izzy Blue Jun 2018 #15
Probably it was classifies information that Trump blabs about. riversedge Jun 2018 #20
He just makes stuff up. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2018 #16
Hey sexual predator.....................ever hear of the Graves Registration Group turbinetree Jun 2018 #17
......About 7,700 U.S. military personnel remain unaccounted from the 1950-1953 Korean War, U.S. mi riversedge Jun 2018 #19
Pictures BlueIdaho Jun 2018 #21
200..... Bayard Jun 2018 #23
Will there be actual DNA testing? Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2018 #24
yeah thanks rtracey Jun 2018 #25
"... no official confirmation of the move from military authorities" left-of-center2012 Jun 2018 #26
I just googled this left-of-center2012 Jun 2018 #27
Many people don't read beyond the headlines. subterranean Jun 2018 #28

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
9. DNA testing
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 08:26 AM
Jun 2018

wold eliminate the suspicions that these remains are from victims of Kim's forced labor camps, and his own citizens. It is doubtful that the tyrants in N.K. kept all these remains of US military personel in one special place.

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,913 posts)
2. As requested by the parents of those dead soldiers......
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 07:38 AM
Jun 2018


Believe that, and I have ocean front property in Iowa for sale.

Raven

(13,910 posts)
3. I doubt this is true but here's another question...
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 07:41 AM
Jun 2018

Was NK stockpiling these remains? How did they produce them so quickly? Has NK withheld these remains for decades?

atreides1

(16,123 posts)
5. You forgot one question
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 08:01 AM
Jun 2018

Are the remains, which have not been returned yet, actually those of Americans???

subterranean

(3,427 posts)
6. Why report it if there's no official confirmation?
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 08:03 AM
Jun 2018

It seems like that sort of thing shouldn't be too hard to confirm if it's true. I wish the media would stop reporting what "Trump says" instead of what actually happened. Trump is not a credible source of information.

llmart

(15,572 posts)
10. That's the bottom line here.
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 08:32 AM
Jun 2018

Stop reporting what he says. Just stop. We know he lies about everything and anything.

I believe nothing of what comes out of his anus mouth.

pazzyanne

(6,560 posts)
12. Yeah, I'll believe that when I see it. Hey, orange guy, its what you do,
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 08:38 AM
Jun 2018

not what you say. Show the footage of you meeting the plane because if this really happened, you would not be able to pass up the photo op for a "Great Win". So much winning, we are getting sick of winning!

onethatcares

(16,213 posts)
13. one would think
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 08:41 AM
Jun 2018

the current cic would make a photo op of hundreds of flag draped coffins being unloaded at Hickam AFB if it were true.


lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
14. Amazing - Trump puts all that effort into finding long-dead bodies.
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 08:44 AM
Jun 2018

But pretends to have no clue where he's hiding the little girls he kidnapped.

Fucking monster.

 

Izzy Blue

(282 posts)
15. Last night I checked out 3 South Korean Newspapers
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 08:46 AM
Jun 2018

which had no news of having received the soldiers remains.
They are flown to SK then off to Hawaii for DNA testing.

turbinetree

(24,745 posts)
17. Hey sexual predator.....................ever hear of the Graves Registration Group
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 09:04 AM
Jun 2018

if they had gotten 200 bodies from your fucking narcissistic megalomaniac buddy that little pinhead POS, they would have been flown the recovered bodies to Hawaii, and in fact I am quite sure that the unit would have reported this if it had happened, and on top of this if you google, you will find that you are full of proverbial shit, it has not happened...........................again


SO FUCK YOU.............................


November 2018 cannot get here fast enough

riversedge

(70,475 posts)
19. ......About 7,700 U.S. military personnel remain unaccounted from the 1950-1953 Korean War, U.S. mi
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 09:11 AM
Jun 2018

This will be LONG process.


......About 7,700 U.S. military personnel remain unaccounted from the 1950-1953 Korean War, U.S. military data show. According to the Pentagon, North Korean officials have indicated in the past that they have the remains of as many as 200 U.S. troops. More than 36,500 U.S. troops died in the conflict. ...........................

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,235 posts)
24. Will there be actual DNA testing?
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 10:44 AM
Jun 2018

Or are we just getting 200 bodies that could have just as easily come out of any North Korean labor camp?

 

rtracey

(2,062 posts)
25. yeah thanks
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 12:25 PM
Jun 2018

I am sure their 120 year old parent you spoke to are thrilled.....you are an arrogant, feckless c

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
27. I just googled this
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 12:40 PM
Jun 2018

Lots of links,
all saying Trump is saying this.

I saw no report from anyone other than Trump.

I'd expect a comment from the Pentagon.

subterranean

(3,427 posts)
28. Many people don't read beyond the headlines.
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 02:13 PM
Jun 2018

So even if this turns out to be another lie, it will be accepted as fact by many people, because they won't see the part that says it hasn't been confirmed.

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