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“Worried they might return with provocative tales of a populist uprising that just toppled another Middle East dictator, strongman Kim Jong Il has issued a decree to North Koreans in Libya –- don’t bother coming home. The ban was an effort to prevent word of the often-violent Arab uprisings from reaching the isolated regime, illustrating Kim’s concern about potential social unrest at home inspired by the Arab Spring revolutions, according to stories published in the South Korean press. The move has left an estimated 200 North Koreans stranded as country-less orphans. They include doctors, nurses and construction workers sent to Libya to bring hard currency back to their impoverished country, which many say is experiencing food shortages..……..”


This odd story is just a reminder that even the worst of Arab despots (there are about 20 of them) are mild pussycats compared to the Kims of the People’s Republic of Korea.

Maybe some of our Gulf regimes can use these stranded North Koreans. The UAE now has a mercenary force led by Blackwater veterans and composed of Colombians, Australians, White South Africans and others. They can always add some Asian flavor to the mix. The regime in Bahrain has been in the foreign mercenary business even longer, they can now add a few dazed North Koreans to their current mirthless mix of Pakistanis and Jordanians.

Cheers
mhg


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