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posted by martyb on Thursday March 28 2019, @03:19AM   Printer-friendly

Cheollima Civil Defense: What is known about North Korean embassy group

A group calling itself the Cheollima Civil Defense (CCD) says it was behind a raid on a North Korean embassy in the Spanish capital of Madrid last month in which staff were reportedly shackled and beaten.

According to a Spanish High Court document, the group entered the building on 22 February armed with machetes, knives, metal bars and cable ties and left with two computers, hard drives, USB pen drives and a mobile phone - items said to have been handed to the FBI.

But the organisation, a self-styled human rights group, disputes reports that this was a violent attack, saying that "no weapons were used" and embassy staff were "treated with dignity and necessary caution".

Despite having a website and YouTube channel, the group has made almost no contact with the world's media, and it remains somewhat in the shadows.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 28 2019, @03:31AM (8 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 28 2019, @03:31AM (#821144)

    Well, of course the CIA had absolutely nothing to do with it! Pinky swear!

    • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 28 2019, @03:56AM (3 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 28 2019, @03:56AM (#821159)

      The CIA wouldn't have left any witnesses and would have pinned it on some Islamic terrorist group.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 28 2019, @04:30AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 28 2019, @04:30AM (#821168)

        But then they did claim to have handed data to FBI – something the CIA would never do!

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 28 2019, @04:33AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 28 2019, @04:33AM (#821171)

        Unless they wanted to start the long process of demonizing human rights activists, in which case this is a good start.

        Freedom of speech is already dying, and way too many people think it only limits the government since they've gotten it confused with the first amendment to the USA's constitution.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 28 2019, @06:56AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 28 2019, @06:56AM (#821209)

        The CIA wouldn't have left any witnesses and would have pinned it on some Islamic terrorist group.

        Well, I'm not so sure about that. They let an amateur beat them before [wikipedia.org],so it's not like they never fuck up.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 28 2019, @04:58AM (3 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 28 2019, @04:58AM (#821180)

      Consider the timing. Right before a summit? Nobody's going to risk their career embarrassing the President like that.

      If these people are DPRK defectors, they may have stolen money on their way out, which could fund an organization.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 28 2019, @07:26AM (2 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 28 2019, @07:26AM (#821214)

        Consider the timing. Right before a summit? Nobody's going to risk their career embarrassing the President like that.

        If these people are DPRK defectors, they may have stolen money on their way out, which could fund an organization.

        Deep State false flag! They hate our magnificent fuhrer^W president! They'll do anything to hurt our beloved leader!

        They hate 'murica and intend to destroy us with their "affirmative action" and their "vaccinations" and their "water fluoridation"! They hate everything we stand for and will stop at nothing to turn our glorious nation into a stinking shithole like Denmark and Holland! They put mayonnaise on their freedom fries! Savages!

        Jade Helm! Jade Helm!

        Don't let the deep state destroy our wonderful agriculture [spoonuniversity.com] with all their "rules" about "health" and "safety." They know that everyone needs lots of vitamins [cdc.gov] and minerals [wikipedia.org].

        I heard from a really smart guy [ctpost.com] that those deep state fuckers are planning to require white men to be sterilized and be forced to watch their wives get impregnated by college educated (read: darkies) scum. They won't even let wives taunt us (the way they're supposed to!) while they're getting stretched by all that BBC. We must kill the deep state!

        • (Score: 2) by hendrikboom on Thursday March 28 2019, @11:51AM (1 child)

          by hendrikboom (1125) Subscriber Badge on Thursday March 28 2019, @11:51AM (#821262) Homepage Journal

          They put mayonnaise on their freedom fries! Savages!

          Actually, something like a half and half mixture of mayonnaise and mustard. Try it sometime. When you're feeling free, of course.

          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 30 2019, @02:05AM

            by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 30 2019, @02:05AM (#822167)

            Actually, I prefer hot sauce [bgfoodservice.com] or Sriracha [wikipedia.org] on my french fries. Although salad cream [wikipedia.org] or just plain old vinegar will do in a pinch.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 28 2019, @03:55AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 28 2019, @03:55AM (#821157)

    Having a gun to one's head doesn't make one immune to backlash for the evil one does until the gun is removed, at that point it does.

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