Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Mirrors

You are stationed in a tower or bunker or fortified fighting hole. Across the border is your "mirror", a representative from the other side who focuses on your every movement. You ape one another, poke fun at one another, hate one another all at the same time. Sometimes, he shoots. you shoot, and no one can remember why.

August 1, 2006 -- SEOUL - "Soldiers from North and South Korea exchanged fire along their border yesterday, but no one was hurt, a South Korean military official said.

The shooting happened shortly before sunset, when North Korean soldiers fired two bullets toward a South Korean guard post in the eastern part of the Demilitarized Zone.
South Korean soldiers immediately fired back six rounds. The motive for the initial shots from the North was unclear."

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