Military slammed for excessive publicity

[unreal.livejournal.com]

The South Korean military stunned the world with its dramatic rescue operation that freed all of the 21 sailors on the hijacked freighter Samho Jewelry last Friday.

A barrage of reports that describe every detail of the daring military mission dominated the media for days, fed by press releases, pictures and video footage from the Navy.

However, the media hype did not last long as politicians expressed concerns over disclosing confidential military information and tactics that should be saved for other hostage rescue missions.

“Are you insane? Why did you disclose classified information?”asked Rep. Lee Jin-sam, a four-star general-turned-politician of the Liberty Forward Party, in criticizing Lt. Gen. Lee Sung-ho as he spoke about the rescue operation in a parliamentary session Tuesday.

“Can you guarantee that such a leakage of critical information will not hamper another rescue operation in the future?”

The Navy is also mounting criticism for misleading the press by providing a picture of 25 Navy commandos taken last year on the false premise that it was taken after the successful rescue operation last week.

Only one sailor, the captain of the 11,500-ton chemical carrier, was wounded, while the Navy assault team suffered no casualties during the operation.

The abducted crewmembers were eight Koreans, two Indonesians, and 11 Myanmarese.

During the operation, eight Somali pirates were killed and the remaining five captured.

Source: koreatimes

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[purpledna.livejournal.com]

ARE YOU INSANE?

[purpledna.livejournal.com]

o bugger it all, y first.

[lightframes.livejournal.com]

The Navy is also mounting criticism for misleading the press by providing a picture of 25 Navy commandos taken last year on the false premise that it was taken after the successful rescue operation last week.

That's pretty bad.