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Military Commentator on Truth behind “Story about Torpedo Attack by North” A military commentator Tuesday released the following article in connection with the south Korean regime’s allegation about the north’s “torpedo attack” on south Korean warship “Cheonan”. The spokesman for the DPRK National Defence Commission solemnly declared the principled position of our army and people on the reckless steps the Lee Myung Bak regime of traitors is going to take against the DPRK after alleging that “Cheonan” was attacked by the north’s torpedo. The spokesman also said the NDC decided to send an inspection group to south Korea to verify at first hand the “evidence” advertised by the south Korean regime to link the vessel’s sinking with the DPRK. But the regime has persistently refused to allow the inspection group’s on-the-spot verification, afraid that its allegation would be proved to be false. From the very outset, we have felt no need to talk about the incident as it is an absurd ply kicked off by the regime to hurt the DPRK. Since the regime has refused to accept our recognized demand, however, we cannot but reveal the truth behind the incident. 1. “Story about torpedo attack by the north” is what the south Korean regime invented. At around 9pm on March 26, “Cheonan” went down, broken in two parts, from an unknown cause in the West Sea of Korea off Paekyrong and Taechong islands. On May 20, some 50 days after the tragedy, the south Korean regime made public a “report on the results of a joint investigation” alleging that it was hit by the north’s torpedo. But the allegation is a sheer fabrication cooked up by it in an effort to deliberately link the case with the DPRK from the day the ship’s sinking occurred. The fact is illustrated by the “pieces of evidence” produced by the “joint investigation team” under the manipulation of the regime. Let’s get down to, first of all, an “extremely small amount of powder” that is said was detected from the funnel and