主题：【原创】关于“天安” -- 本嘉明

作者是朝鲜大学的博士，经常有英文文章发表在外。

South Korea in the line of friendly fire

By Kim Myong Chol

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/LE26Dg01.html

文中值得注意的几点：

1。 CBS News reported on May 19 a significant Iraq War-like split among multi-national investigators: "The US, Britain and Australia - all of which helped in the investigation - are all prepared to back up the findings. Only Sweden, which also sent investigators, is a reluctant partner in blaming the North Koreans."

The US, the United Kingdom and Australia were members of the "coalition of the willing", whereas Sweden deeply opposed the invasion of Iraq. A major producer of AIP submarines, Sweden has vast expertise on shallow-water submarine warfare.

A South Korean sister paper of the Washington Times, Segye Ilbo, on March 29 quoted a military source as saying: "The radar of the CIC on the corvette Cheonan is capable of easily detecting any torpedo within any radius of 20-30 kilometers but on that fateful day it detected no sign of a torpedo attack or naval firing by North Korea.

Failure to cite one of the world's greatest war games that was going on at the scene. Yonhap reported on March 26 from Pyongtaek City on the west coast of South Korea that "The Foal/Eagle US-South Korean joint exercise is currently underway in the West Sea as US Aegis ships arrived May 25 at the Pyongtaek Naval Base where the Second Fleet is headquartered".

Failure to refer to the German explosives found at the wreckage of the corvette despite an initial announcement. The Korea Times reported on May 7, "The multinational investigation team is also closely looking into the possibility that a North Korean submarine fired a German-made torpedo used both by the South Korean and American navies in an attempt to dodge its responsibility."

来不及翻译，多包涵。好在西西河里大多英文没问题。