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01/01/2006:

"North Korea Demands Pullout of U.S. Troops"

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea on Sunday issued a New Year's message demanding the withdrawal of U.S. troops from South Korea.

The New Year's message didn't mention a word about the nuclear standoff with the United States.

``The entire nation should firmly defend peace and security on the Korean Peninsula by turning out in the Struggle to resolutely foil the U.S. attempt to launch another war. We must remove the root cause of war completely from this land by launching a nationwide campaign for driving out the U.S. troops,'' said a joint editorial by North Korea's Rodong Sinmun and two other major state-run newspapers.
guardian.co.uk