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To: Box-By-The-Riviera™ who wrote (52602)	7/21/2009 11:35:44 PM
From: RJA_	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217836

Now, now, be nice Box. Maurice can be irritating and certainly stubborn, and refuses to recognize the "true faith"... but he IMHO does not deserve to be peed on, dead or alive. Meantime: Alan Greyson taking it to Bernanke today: youtube.com

To: Box-By-The-Riviera™ who wrote (52602)	7/22/2009 7:30:44 AM
From: dvdw©	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217836

N. Korea's Hard-Labor Camps: On the Diplomatic Back Burner Interactive Map Explore North Korean Prison Camps North Korea's government says political prison camps don't exist, but high-resolution satellite images show otherwise. TOOLBOX Resize Print E-mail COMMENT 66 Comments \| View All » POST A COMMENT You must be logged in to leave a comment. Log in \| Register Why Do I Have to Log In Again? Log In Again? CLOSEWe've made some updates to washingtonpost.com's Groups, MyPost and comment pages. We need you to verify your MyPost ID by logging in before you can post to the new pages. We apologize for the inconvenience. Discussion PolicyYour browser's settings may be preventing you from commenting on and viewing comments about this item. See instructions for fixing the problem. Discussion Policy CLOSEComments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or privacy policies or any other policies governing this site. Please review the full rules governing commentaries and discussions. You are fully responsible for the content that you post. Who's Blogging» Links to this article By Blaine Harden Washington Post Foreign Service Monday, July 20, 2009 SEOUL -- Images and accounts of the North Korean gulag become sharper, more harrowing and more accessible with each passing year. This Story N. Korea's Hard-Labor Camps: On the Diplomatic Back Burner Interactive: Five Major North Korean Prison Camps Full Coverage: Diplomacy and Deterrence A distillation of testimony from survivors and former guards, newly published by the Korean Bar Association, details the daily lives of 200,000 political prisoners estimated to be in the camps: Eating a diet of mostly corn and salt, they lose their teeth, their gums turn black, their bones weaken and, as they age, they hunch over at the waist. Most work 12- to 15-hour days until they die of malnutrition-related illnesses, usually around the age of 50. Allowed just one set of clothes, they live and die in rags, without soap, socks, underclothes or sanitary napkins. The camps have never been visited by outsiders, so these accounts cannot be independently verified. But high-resolution satellite photographs, now accessible to anyone with an Internet connection, reveal vast labor camps in the mountains of North Korea. The photographs corroborate survivors' stories, showing entrances to mines where former prisoners said they worked as slaves, in-camp detention centers where former guards said uncooperative prisoners were tortured to death and parade grounds where former prisoners said they were forced to watch executions. Guard towers and electrified fences surround the camps, photographs show. washingtonpost.com