Video: North Korea clip threatening to nuke Colorado Springs puts city closer to Texas

Last week's Off Limits column noted that North Korea's threats of nuking the United States initially omitted Colorado from its target list. Now, however, a video on Uriminzokkiri, a North Korea government Web site, puts Colorado Springs in the cross-hairs -- sort of. As 7News notes, the clip mentions the...
By Michael Roberts
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Last week’s Off Limits column noted that North Korea’s threats of nuking the United States initially omitted Colorado from its target list. Now, however, a video on Uriminzokkiri, a North Korea government Web site, puts Colorado Springs in the cross-hairs — sort of. As 7News notes, the clip mentions the Springs, but the location is shown as somewhere around east Texas or west Louisiana. Close, but no exploding nuclear cigar.

Experience the terror/hilarity below. The key section is around the one minute, twenty second mark.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUP8T7Qar88

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Michael Roberts began his career with Westword in 1990 as music editor. In 1999, he took on a new role, full-time media reporter, as author of a column called The Message. In 2008, he became the lead writer for Westword‘s news blog, The Latest Word, a position he held until January 2023. Michael continues to freelance for Westword, covering everything from business to sports and the media; he also contributes to Jazziz, a national music magazine. He holds a bachelor’s degree from what is now Colorado Mesa University and master’s degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles, and Northwestern University.

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