South Korean Soldiers Fire Upon Civilian Airliner

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Beyond stupid, inadequate training and could've spurred an international incident (if it hasn't already).

by Park Chan-Kyong – Sat Jun 18, 12:52 am ET
SEOUL (AFP) – South Korean troops fired at a passenger jet flying from China with 119 people on board after mistaking it for a North Korean aircraft, amid increasingly fraught relations on the divided peninsula.
Soldiers manning a guard post on Gyodong island, just 1.7 kilometres (one mile) south of the North Korean coast, fired their K-2 rifles on Friday towards the plane, descending as it approached Seoul's Incheon International Airport.
Ties between the two Koreas are at their lowest ebb in more than a decade after Pyongyang announced late last month it was breaking all contacts with the South's conservative government.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/2011061...lYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcmllcwRzbGsDc2tvcmVhbnNvbGRp

As bad as things are growing there between the two, this act isn't going to make things any better.