N. Korea Denies Any Tie To Boston Bombing

WND story suggested links to al-Qaida, pressure-cooker bomb instructions

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F. Michael Maloof

North Korea has denied a WND report that it had any links to the Boston Marathon bombing which killed three people and wounded some 180 people on April 15, the day of North Korea’s commemoration of the 101st anniversary of the country’s founder, Kim Il Sung.

The North Korean news agency, KCNA, or Korean Central News Agency, dismissed the report, saying it was an attempt by “hostile forces” to damage the country’s reputation and raise “false propaganda which does not deserve even a passing note,” even though KCNA devoted an entire commentary to it. 

“We stress again that we have no links to al-Qaida and by signing on to international anti-terrorism agreements, continue to maintain a stance against any form of terrorism,” KCNA said in a commentary.

The KCNA commentary added it will not hide behind terrorism if it ever feels the need to strike the U.S.

“When (North Korea) feels necessary to strike the U.S., it would not resort to such heinous terrorism in hiding,” KCNA said.

In responding to the WND article, it was the first and only time North Korea has commented on the Boston bombing.

Prior to the revelation that the actual bombers where from the Caucasus region of Russia, WND had speculated that North Korea could not be ruled out as a suspect since it had been threatening the United States for weeks with a pre-emptive nuclear strike and attacks on South Korea.

The North Korean threats followed recent United Nations sanctions imposed on the country for missile and nuclear weapons tests in defiance of previous U.N. sanctions. In addition, Pyongyang had raised the rhetoric against the U.S. and South Korea to bellicose levels due to ongoing U.S.-South Korean military exercises which are to continue until the end of April.
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